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Messages originate from a variety of sources. Social media users may create content, observe a message or narrative, or seek one out. What people view is influenced by what they search for and what is being shared already in their social networks.
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There is a significant difference between our model and the Information Search Process model (Kuhlthau et al., 2008): Our cognitive and affective factors are reactions to information rather than reactions to the process of going through information search.
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Paletz, S.B.F., Auxier, B.E., Golonka, E.M. (2019). Sources of Messages. In: A Multidisciplinary Framework of Information Propagation Online. SpringerBriefs in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16413-3_2
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