..., in general, increase the popularity of information across platforms. The effect is found most consistently for negative discrete emotions, such as anger, anxiety, sadness and fear. Positivity bias is often identified in health communication, while negativity bias is prevalent in political communication...

...). Stephanie Jean Tsang can be contacted at: stsang@hkbu.edu.hk 01 09 2022 19 02 2023 27 03 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Evidence type Fact-checking Psychological reactance Political communication Veracity...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Elaboration Fact-checking Moderated-mediation Social media news Political communication During the USA presidential election campaign in 2020, a widely circulated video on social media that showed Joe Biden falling asleep during an interview...

... Political communication Social media Public sphere 2016 US presidential election Qualitative research methods Kyle John Lorenzano can be contacted at: kyle.lorenzano@wsu.edu 10 12 2017 23 03 2018 23 05 2018 Habermas (2006) further clarifies this relationship between...