Appetizer or main dish? Explaining the use of Facebook news posts as a substitute for other news sources

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Highlights：

• Feeling well informed through Facebook reduces use of other news sources.

• This effect is stronger if need for cognition is low.

• Mere exposure to news content on Facebook triggers feeling informed.

• Feeling informed is independent of actual attention paid to news posts.

• That way, news content on Facebook could increase societal knowledge gaps.

摘要

•Feeling well informed through Facebook reduces use of other news sources.•This effect is stronger if need for cognition is low.•Mere exposure to news content on Facebook triggers feeling informed.•Feeling informed is independent of actual attention paid to news posts.•That way, news content on Facebook could increase societal knowledge gaps.

论文关键词：Facebook,News exposure,Need for cognition,Feeling of being informed,Substitution

论文评审过程：Received 3 March 2016, Revised 29 August 2016, Accepted 2 September 2016, Available online 10 September 2016, Version of Record 10 September 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.003