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Structural Influences on the News Finds Me Perception: Why People Believe They Don’t Have to Actively Seek News Anymore

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2021
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Strauß, N., Huber, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2021). Structural Influences on the News Finds Me Perception: Why People Believe They Don’t Have to Actively Seek News Anymore. Social Media and Society, 7(2), 205630512110249. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211024966

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Using data from a two-wave panel survey among 18 countries worldwide, this study investigates the individual- and country-level antecedents of the “News Finds Me” perception (NFM). Results show that older, more educated, and individuals belonging to the ethnic majority are less prone to develop the NFM. However, social media (news) use, incidental news exposure, discussion frequency, and group affiliations lead to a higher NFM. In contrast, information elaboration as well as news use online were found to weaken the NFM. Testing variou

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7

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2

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205630512110249

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News Finds Me perception, incidental news exposure, new use, online behavior, multi-level, cross-country

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English

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2021-06-23

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2022-02-22

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2056-3051

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Strauß, N., Huber, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2021). Structural Influences on the News Finds Me Perception: Why People Believe They Don’t Have to Actively Seek News Anymore. Social Media and Society, 7(2), 205630512110249. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211024966

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