I Know More about Politics than You: Social Media, Network Homophily, and Internal Efficacy

• In Event: Social Media and Algorithmic Amplification

Brief Overview

Individuals with homophilous networks have heightened exposure to reinforcing information and are less likely to be faced with information that challenges their own beliefs about politics. This promotes internal efficacy.

Authors

• Jason Gainous, University of Sharjah

• Kevin Michael Wagner, Florida Atlantic University

• Stephen C Craig, University of Florida