TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Media as a Sphere for “Risky” Political Expression
T2 - A Twenty-Country Multilevel Comparative Analysis
AU - Barnidge, Matthew
AU - Huber, Brigitte
AU - de Zúñiga, Homero Gil
AU - Liu, James H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - In the context of the United States, research shows a positive relationship between network heterogeneity and political expression on social media at the individual level. This study builds on that research, relying on multilevel analysis that (1) leverages a twenty-country comparative survey and (2) includes country-level data on freedom of expression. Results show a positive relationship between network heterogeneity and political expression on social media across countries, but that relationship is stronger where freedom of expression is more limited.
AB - In the context of the United States, research shows a positive relationship between network heterogeneity and political expression on social media at the individual level. This study builds on that research, relying on multilevel analysis that (1) leverages a twenty-country comparative survey and (2) includes country-level data on freedom of expression. Results show a positive relationship between network heterogeneity and political expression on social media across countries, but that relationship is stronger where freedom of expression is more limited.
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U2 - 10.1177/1940161218773838
DO - 10.1177/1940161218773838
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047004967
SN - 1940-1612
VL - 23
SP - 161
EP - 182
JO - International Journal of Press/Politics
JF - International Journal of Press/Politics
IS - 2
ER -