Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds

Debates about post-truth need to take into account how news re-disseminates in a hybrid media system in which social networks and audience participation play a central role. Hence, there is a certain risk of reducing citizens’ exposure to politically adverse news content, creating ‘echo chambers’ of...

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Autores: Masip, Pere, Suau Martínez, Jaume, Ruiz-Caballero, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/454
http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i4.3146
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Palabra clave:Mitjans de comunicació de massa
Xarxes socials
Mitjans de comunicació digitals
Mitjans de comunicació de massa--Públic
Consumidors--Actituds
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spelling Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feedsMasip, PereSuau Martínez, JaumeRuiz-Caballero, CarlosMitjans de comunicació de massaXarxes socialsMitjans de comunicació digitalsMitjans de comunicació de massa--PúblicConsumidors--Actituds65Debates about post-truth need to take into account how news re-disseminates in a hybrid media system in which social networks and audience participation play a central role. Hence, there is a certain risk of reducing citizens’ exposure to politically adverse news content, creating ‘echo chambers’ of political affinity. This article presents the results of research conducted in agreement with 18 leading Spanish online news media, based on a survey (N = 6625) of their registered users. The results highlight that high levels of selective exposure that are a characteristic of offline media consumption are being moderated in the online realm. Although most of the respondents get news online from like-minded media, the figures related to those who also get news from media with a different media ideology should not be underestimated. As news consumption is becoming more ‘social,’ our research points out that Spanish citizens who are more active on social media sites are more likely to be exposed to news content from different ideological positions than those who are less active users. There is a weak association between the use of a particular social network site and gaining access to like- and non-like-minded news.Cogitatio PressUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion10 p.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/454http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i4.3146reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésMedia and Communication, vol.8, núm. 4, 2020info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO i FEDER/PN I+D/CSO2015-64955-C4-1-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIU i FEDER/PN I+D/RTI2018–095775-B-C44Attribution 4.0 International© L'autor/ahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/4542026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
title Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
spellingShingle Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
Masip, Pere
Mitjans de comunicació de massa
Xarxes socials
Mitjans de comunicació digitals
Mitjans de comunicació de massa--Públic
Consumidors--Actituds
65
title_short Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
title_full Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
title_fullStr Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
title_full_unstemmed Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
title_sort Incidental exposure to non-like-minded news through social media: opposing voices in echo-chambers’ news feeds
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Masip, Pere
Suau Martínez, Jaume
Ruiz-Caballero, Carlos
author Masip, Pere
author_facet Masip, Pere
Suau Martínez, Jaume
Ruiz-Caballero, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Suau Martínez, Jaume
Ruiz-Caballero, Carlos
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mitjans de comunicació de massa
Xarxes socials
Mitjans de comunicació digitals
Mitjans de comunicació de massa--Públic
Consumidors--Actituds
65
topic Mitjans de comunicació de massa
Xarxes socials
Mitjans de comunicació digitals
Mitjans de comunicació de massa--Públic
Consumidors--Actituds
65
description Debates about post-truth need to take into account how news re-disseminates in a hybrid media system in which social networks and audience participation play a central role. Hence, there is a certain risk of reducing citizens’ exposure to politically adverse news content, creating ‘echo chambers’ of political affinity. This article presents the results of research conducted in agreement with 18 leading Spanish online news media, based on a survey (N = 6625) of their registered users. The results highlight that high levels of selective exposure that are a characteristic of offline media consumption are being moderated in the online realm. Although most of the respondents get news online from like-minded media, the figures related to those who also get news from media with a different media ideology should not be underestimated. As news consumption is becoming more ‘social,’ our research points out that Spanish citizens who are more active on social media sites are more likely to be exposed to news content from different ideological positions than those who are less active users. There is a weak association between the use of a particular social network site and gaining access to like- and non-like-minded news.
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