Role of communication media in civic and political engagement
Recent publications
Kwak, N., Lane, D., Weeks, B., Kim, D., & Lee, S. (Forthcoming). Now we’re talking? Understanding the interplay between online selective and incidental exposure and their influence on online cross-cutting political discussion. Social Science Computer Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439320920790
Zhang, Y., Yue, Z., Yang, X., Chen, F., & Kwak, N. (Forthcoming). How a peripheral ideology becomes mainstream: Strategic performance, audience reaction, and news media amplification in the case of QAnon Twitter accounts. New Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221137324
Zhu, Q., Weeks, B.E., & Kwak, N. (Forthcoming). Implications of online incidental and selective exposure for political emotions: Affective polarization during election. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211061336
Kwak, N., Lane, D., Lee S.S., Liang, F., & Weeks, B. E. (2021). From persuasion to deliberation: do experiences of online political persuasion facilitate dialogic openness? Communication Research, 48, 642-664. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650218793050
Kwak, N., Lane, D. S., Zhu, Q., Lee, S. S., & Weeks, B. E. (2020) Political rumor communication on instant messaging platforms: Relationships with political participation and knowledge. International Journal of Communication, 14, 5663-5685.