Some of these things are not like the others: Examining motivations and political predispositions among political Facebook activity

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Highlights:

• Probe motivations for four Facebook political activities during 2012 U.S. election.

• Compare offline and online news use with Facebook political activity.

• Primary motivations vary by activity (social, informational and self-expression).

• Basically no relationships between news consumption and Facebook activity.

摘要

•Probe motivations for four Facebook political activities during 2012 U.S. election.•Compare offline and online news use with Facebook political activity.•Primary motivations vary by activity (social, informational and self-expression).•Basically no relationships between news consumption and Facebook activity.

论文关键词:Facebook,Motivations,Political participation,Social media,News

论文评审过程:Available online 9 August 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.019