Accidentally Informed: Incidental News Exposure on the World Wide Web

By David Tewksbury, Andrew Weaver, Brett D. Maddex. 2001

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Are people incidentally exposed to news on social media? A comparative analysis (2018, background): “In an earlier study, Tewksbury et al. (2001) found a link between Internet use and political knowledge, attributing this to incidental exposure to news on web portals (such as Yahoo! and Lycos) favoured by early users.”
The Issue Takes It All? (2019, background): “Empirically, incidental news exposure in the online world was first addressed by Tewksbury et al. (2001) who re-analyzed survey data from the Pew Research Center to study the association between stumbling upon news on the Internet and current affairs knowledge.”
The Role of Engagement in Learning From Active and Incidental News Exposure on Social Media (2018, methodology): “Incidental news exposure was measured using items adapted from Kim et al. (2013), and Tewksbury et al. (2001).”
Accidental exposure to politics on social media as online participation equalizer in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom (2016, methodology): “Following Tewksbury et al. (2001), we test H1 through the following survey question: When you use social networks/social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), how often do you come across news and information on current events, public issues, or politics when you may have been…”
‘Checking’ and googling: Stages of news consumption among young adults (2018, background): “Today, incidental exposure can still manifest in the same ways, but also through social media, especially Twitter, Facebook, even email, or Instagram so that news often just ‘pops up’ while consumers check their emails or social media profiles (Poindexter, 2013: 55–56; Tewksbury et al., 2001).”
Effects of the News-Finds-Me Perception in Communication: Social Media Use Implications for News Seeking and Learning About Politics (2017, methodology): “…of political news and information can enhance political knowledge through mere exposure, even for individuals who do not actively expose themselves to news (e.g. Elenbaas et al., 2014; Iyengar et al., 2010; Kobayashi & Inamasu, 2015; Shehata, 2013; Shehata et al., 2015; Tewksbury et al., 2001).”
Stumbling upon news on the Internet: Effects of incidental news exposure and relative entertainment use on political engagement (2013, methodology): “These encounters, considered a ‘‘byproduct’’ of online activities, are referred to as incidental exposure (Tewksbury et al., 2001, p. 533).”
“News comes across when I’m in a moment of leisure”: Understanding the practices of incidental news consumption on social media (2018, background): “The rise of the commercial web in the mid-1990s led to a certain increase in interest on incidental news ushered in part by the observation of Tewksbury et al. (2001) that surfing the Internet made it easier for people to encounter news while searching for other types of information.”