Rachel L Neo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel L Neo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel L |
| FAMILY NAME | Neo |
| SIGNATURE | NEO R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5612-549X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 172 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exposure to counter-attitudinal information on Twitter/X and political activity
Linking perceived political network homogeneity with political social media use via perceived social media news credibility
In this hyperpartisan political landscape, scholars have emphasized the importance of examining how perceptions of political network homogeneity on social media affect political outcomes. However, little research has examined how perceived news credibility mediates the relationship between perceived political network homogeneity and political social media use. Social media platforms aggregate and display news items from many sources, enabling peo…
Tradition Gone Mobile: An Exploration of #Betelnut on Instagram
Background: As a psychoactive substance that spans borders and cultures, researchers estimate that 600 million people use the areca nut. Despite its historical and geographical significance, betel nut use has received far less research attention than other stimulants such as tobacco, coffee or tea. Scholars have observed that social media platforms have significant effects on the promotion and use of addictive substances. Objectives: Our study in…
Issues, involvement, and influence: Effects of selective exposure and sharing on polarization and participation
Online products and consumers: Partisan ratings and mechanisms for affective polarization
Searching for the stairway to heaven: Information seeking about an illegal hiking trail in Hawai`i
Outdoor enthusiasts are increasingly using the Internet to discover ‘hidden gem’ activities to undertake while on vacation. Increased foot traffic in off-limit areas and an uptick in the number of distress calls made by injured tourists have led journalists and local authorities to posit that images and videos posted on social media may entice people to trespass and/or undertake physical activities that are more dangerous than they appear in phot…
Driving a Wedge Between Evidence and Beliefs: How Online Ideological News Exposure Promotes Political Misperceptions
This article has 2 goals: to provide additional evidence that exposure to ideological online news media contributes to political misperceptions, and to test 3 forms this media-effect might take. Analyses are based on representative survey data collected during the 2012 U.S. presidential election (N = 1,004). Panel data offer persuasive evidence that biased news site use promotes inaccurate beliefs, while cross-sectional data provide insight into …
Favoritism or Animosity? Examining How SNS Network Homogeneity Influences Vote Choice via Affective Mechanisms
Although online social networks are not exclusively homogeneous, partisans from similar political backgrounds do tend to cohere together. Interactions with these politically like-minded others could potentially reinforce their political identities and promote affective polarization between members of opposing political parties by increasing positive affect toward in-party members and negative affect toward out-party members. Such affective schism…
Rights Versus Morality: Online Debate About Decriminalization of Gay Sex in Singapore
This article presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to ban sex between men. Results indicate numerous significant differences in how the two sides discussed the law and its significance. In particular, they used different types of arguments to support their views and expressed different kinds of concerns over the po…
Implications of Pro- and Counterattitudinal Information Exposure for Affective Polarization: Partisan Media Exposure and Affective Polarization
The American electorate is characterized by political polarization, and especially by increasingly negative affective responses toward opposing party members. To what extent might this be attributed to exposure to information reinforcing individuals' partisan identity versus information representing the views of partisan opponents? And is this a uniquely American phenomenon? This study uses survey data collected immediately following recent natio…
Problematic Instant Messaging Use
This study is an empirical investigation of problematic instant messaging (IM) use among university students in Singapore. It adapts Caplan's (2005) theoretical framework of problematic Internet use (PIU) to the context of problematic IM use by linking pre-existing human dispositions to cognitive-behavioral symptoms and negative outcomes of improper IM use. Four new factors—oral communication apprehension, polychronicity, perceived inconvenience …
Implications of Pro- and Counterattitudinal Information Exposure for Affective Polarization: Partisan Media Exposure and Affective Polarization
The American electorate is characterized by political polarization, and especially by increasingly negative affective responses toward opposing party members. To what extent might this be attributed to exposure to information reinforcing individuals' partisan identity versus information representing the views of partisan opponents? And is this a uniquely American phenomenon? This study uses survey data collected immediately following recent natio…
Driving a Wedge Between Evidence and Beliefs: How Online Ideological News Exposure Promotes Political Misperceptions
This article has 2 goals: to provide additional evidence that exposure to ideological online news media contributes to political misperceptions, and to test 3 forms this media-effect might take. Analyses are based on representative survey data collected during the 2012 U.S. presidential election (N = 1,004). Panel data offer persuasive evidence that biased news site use promotes inaccurate beliefs, while cross-sectional data provide insight into …
Rights Versus Morality: Online Debate About Decriminalization of Gay Sex in Singapore
This article presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to ban sex between men. Results indicate numerous significant differences in how the two sides discussed the law and its significance. In particular, they used different types of arguments to support their views and expressed different kinds of concerns over the po…
Favoritism or Animosity? Examining How SNS Network Homogeneity Influences Vote Choice via Affective Mechanisms
Although online social networks are not exclusively homogeneous, partisans from similar political backgrounds do tend to cohere together. Interactions with these politically like-minded others could potentially reinforce their political identities and promote affective polarization between members of opposing political parties by increasing positive affect toward in-party members and negative affect toward out-party members. Such affective schism…
Searching for the stairway to heaven: Information seeking about an illegal hiking trail in Hawai`i
Outdoor enthusiasts are increasingly using the Internet to discover ‘hidden gem’ activities to undertake while on vacation. Increased foot traffic in off-limit areas and an uptick in the number of distress calls made by injured tourists have led journalists and local authorities to posit that images and videos posted on social media may entice people to trespass and/or undertake physical activities that are more dangerous than they appear in phot…
Problematic Instant Messaging Use
This study is an empirical investigation of problematic instant messaging (IM) use among university students in Singapore. It adapts Caplan's (2005) theoretical framework of problematic Internet use (PIU) to the context of problematic IM use by linking pre-existing human dispositions to cognitive-behavioral symptoms and negative outcomes of improper IM use. Four new factors—oral communication apprehension, polychronicity, perceived inconvenience …
Problematic Instant Messaging Use
This study is an empirical investigation of problematic instant messaging (IM) use among university students in Singapore. It adapts Caplan's (2005) theoretical framework of problematic Internet use (PIU) to the context of problematic IM use by linking pre-existing human dispositions to cognitive-behavioral symptoms and negative outcomes of improper IM use. Four new factors—oral communication apprehension, polychronicity, perceived inconvenience …
Rights Versus Morality: Online Debate About Decriminalization of Gay Sex in Singapore
This article presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to ban sex between men. Results indicate numerous significant differences in how the two sides discussed the law and its significance. In particular, they used different types of arguments to support their views and expressed different kinds of concerns over the po…
Implications of Pro- and Counterattitudinal Information Exposure for Affective Polarization: Partisan Media Exposure and Affective Polarization
The American electorate is characterized by political polarization, and especially by increasingly negative affective responses toward opposing party members. To what extent might this be attributed to exposure to information reinforcing individuals' partisan identity versus information representing the views of partisan opponents? And is this a uniquely American phenomenon? This study uses survey data collected immediately following recent natio…
Favoritism or Animosity? Examining How SNS Network Homogeneity Influences Vote Choice via Affective Mechanisms
Although online social networks are not exclusively homogeneous, partisans from similar political backgrounds do tend to cohere together. Interactions with these politically like-minded others could potentially reinforce their political identities and promote affective polarization between members of opposing political parties by increasing positive affect toward in-party members and negative affect toward out-party members. Such affective schism…
Driving a Wedge Between Evidence and Beliefs: How Online Ideological News Exposure Promotes Political Misperceptions
This article has 2 goals: to provide additional evidence that exposure to ideological online news media contributes to political misperceptions, and to test 3 forms this media-effect might take. Analyses are based on representative survey data collected during the 2012 U.S. presidential election (N = 1,004). Panel data offer persuasive evidence that biased news site use promotes inaccurate beliefs, while cross-sectional data provide insight into …
Tradition Gone Mobile: An Exploration of #Betelnut on Instagram
Background: As a psychoactive substance that spans borders and cultures, researchers estimate that 600 million people use the areca nut. Despite its historical and geographical significance, betel nut use has received far less research attention than other stimulants such as tobacco, coffee or tea. Scholars have observed that social media platforms have significant effects on the promotion and use of addictive substances. Objectives: Our study in…
Issues, involvement, and influence: Effects of selective exposure and sharing on polarization and participation
Online products and consumers: Partisan ratings and mechanisms for affective polarization
Searching for the stairway to heaven: Information seeking about an illegal hiking trail in Hawai`i
Outdoor enthusiasts are increasingly using the Internet to discover ‘hidden gem’ activities to undertake while on vacation. Increased foot traffic in off-limit areas and an uptick in the number of distress calls made by injured tourists have led journalists and local authorities to posit that images and videos posted on social media may entice people to trespass and/or undertake physical activities that are more dangerous than they appear in phot…
Linking perceived political network homogeneity with political social media use via perceived social media news credibility
In this hyperpartisan political landscape, scholars have emphasized the importance of examining how perceptions of political network homogeneity on social media affect political outcomes. However, little research has examined how perceived news credibility mediates the relationship between perceived political network homogeneity and political social media use. Social media platforms aggregate and display news items from many sources, enabling peo…
Exposure to counter-attitudinal information on Twitter/X and political activity
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