Incidental exposure to news: Predictors in the social media setting and effects on information gain online
作者：
Highlights：
• We investigated whether and how incidental exposure affects information gain.
• Incidental exposure has significant causal effects on recognition and recall.
• Actual exposure mediates the link between initial incidental exposure and recall.
• Network heterogeneity and weak ties have positive associations with incidental exposure.
摘要
•We investigated whether and how incidental exposure affects information gain.•Incidental exposure has significant causal effects on recognition and recall.•Actual exposure mediates the link between initial incidental exposure and recall.•Network heterogeneity and weak ties have positive associations with incidental exposure.
论文关键词：Incidental exposure,Social media,Network,Heterogeneity,Weak ties
论文评审过程：Received 4 July 2016, Revised 5 December 2016, Accepted 5 February 2017, Available online 5 February 2017, Version of Record 25 July 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.018
