News Consumption in a Social Media Environment: Evidence from Twitter∗
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As individuals consume an increasing amount of news on social media it is important to understand the consumption habits of individuals on this platform. This study examines the importance of ideological similarity betwen a news source and an individual and the importance of the reliability of a news source in users' consumption decisions in a social media environment. The ndings suggest that, conditional on who a user chooses to follow, on average users have no preference for ideologically similar or dissimilar news, that users prefer less reliable and likely sensational news, and when examined separately liberals prefer conservative news while conservatives prefer neither conservative or liberal news. The results are consistent with the idea click-bait works and that individuals whose ideology is not dominant in government like to stay informed about
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