News on social media suffers a 'spiral of silence': Pew study

From Columbia Journalism Review Tue Aug 26 2014, 15:00:00

By Chris Ip If social media users think their followers don't share their opinion on the news, they are less likely to post those views on Facebook and Twitter, according to a new Pew Research Center report, released today. It showed Facebook and Twitter users posted less about Edward Snowden and his revelations of government surveillance if they felt their...

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