%0 Journal Article
%T Social Media as a Sphere for ¡°Risky¡± Political Expression: A Twenty
%A Brigitte Huber
%A Homero Gil de Z¨²£¿iga
%A James H. Liu
%A Matthew Barnidge
%J The International Journal of Press/Politics
%@ 1940-1620
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1940161218773838
%X In the context of the United States, research shows a positive relationship between network heterogeneity and political expression on social media at the individual level. This study builds on that research, relying on multilevel analysis that (1) leverages a twenty-country comparative survey and (2) includes country-level data on freedom of expression. Results show a positive relationship between network heterogeneity and political expression on social media across countries, but that relationship is stronger where freedom of expression is more limited
%K social media
%K political expression
%K network heterogeneity
%K freedom of expression index
%K democracy
%K political communication
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218773838