Asymmetric Consumptive News Feed Curation? Examining How Perceived News Feed Performance Influences Boosting and Limiting Curation on Facebook

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Title: Asymmetric Consumptive News Feed Curation? Examining How Perceived News Feed Performance Influences Boosting and Limiting Curation on Facebook
Authors: Shuning Lu, Biying Wu-Ouyang, Hsuan-Ting Chen
Source: Social Media + Society, Vol 10 (2024)
Publisher Information: SAGE Publishing, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Communication. Mass media
Subject Terms: Communication. Mass media, P87-96
More Details: This study examines how perceived news feed performance (i.e., perceived news feed quality and valence) shapes consumptive news feed curation, defined as a type of social media consumption behavior by which users inform algorithms about what they want to see in their news feeds. Results from a survey in the United States ( N = 1,525) show that both perceived quality and valence of news feed were associated with consumptive news feed curation on Facebook. However, an asymmetric pattern emerged in that perceived news feed performance was only related to boosting behavior but not limiting behavior. Furthermore, the level of news feed diversity moderated the identified associations above. We revealed that the associations between perceived news feed quality and boosting curation were statistically stronger when the news feed was more diverse; when the news feed was less diverse, perceived negativity of the news feed was positively related to limiting curation; when the news feed became diverse, perceived negativity was negatively related to boosting curation.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2056-3051
20563051
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2056-3051
DOI: 10.1177/20563051241306382
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/e9033f85dcc348939994f0bc88bf1b4b
Accession Number: edsdoj.9033f85dcc348939994f0bc88bf1b4b
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20563051
DOI:10.1177/20563051241306382
Published in:Social Media + Society
Language:English