Abstract
Guided by the framework of reciprocity on social media, the current study investigated antecedents of news sharing. Using a two-wave panel survey involving 868 respondents who took two surveys about one year apart, this study examined the effect of frequency of receiving news on social media on subsequent news-sharing behaviour, while controlling for demographics, news-sharing motivations and trust in social media news. The study found that motivation for self-presentation and trust in news shared by one’s social media network positively predicted news sharing on social media. Frequency of receiving news at Time 1 also predicted sharing news subsequently at Time 2. This points to news being valued as a form of social currency.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3-20 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- News consumption
- Online news
- Panel survey
- Reciprocity
- Sharing
- Social media
- Trust