Jana H Dreston
Biographic Data
| ID | 3519650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jana H Dreston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jana H |
| FAMILY NAME | Dreston |
| SIGNATURE | DRESTON J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Duisburg-Essen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8481-8891 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
When the political becomes private: Longitudinal dynamics between privacy concerns, cost–benefit calculations, and political expression in social media
For democratic societies, forums of political discussions are needed to exchange opinions which nowadays can be found in social media. Still, in line with theoretical assumptions of the privacy calculus, benefits of political expression in social media also come with risks of privacy invasions, both affecting people’s expression behavior. To better understand the longitudinal between- and within-person dynamics of anticipating costs and benefits …
Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge
Research consistently shows that while social media use does not enhance objective political knowledge, it increases users’ sense of being knowledgeable (subjective knowledge). However, it is unclear which specific modes of social media use lead users to an enhanced feeling of being knowledgeable. This work focuses on two factors that are believed to shape users’ subjective knowledge when using social technologies: (a) the intentionality of socia…
How cognitive elaboration fosters knowledge acquisition on social media—a field experiment
Social media technologies have been criticized as ineffective sources of information because users seem to increase their subjective but not their objective knowledge. While different factors such as multitasking have been brought up as explanations, direct and fair comparisons of learning outcomes between social and traditional news media are missing. This two-wave field experiment (N1 = 902, N2 = 663) shows that whereas participants receiving i…
Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion
Political discussion is often considered essential for a healthy democracy, but what motivates people to engage in it? Traditionally, objective political knowledge—holding factually correct beliefs about politics—has been considered a crucial prerequisite for political action, such as political talk. Recent research challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that subjective knowledge—individuals’ metacognitive perceptions of their own knowledge…
Incidental and intentional exposure in a mock election setting on social media: Effects on Subjective and Objective Political Knowledge and Aligned Voting
As political campaigns increasingly use social media to reach voters, scholars debate whether users actually acquire election-related knowledge or merely perceive themselves as more knowledgeable. It remains unclear whether social media enhances voting that aligns with users' political attitudes ("correct voting"). Previous studies suggest social media effects vary substantially based on whether exposure is intentional or incidental. In a between…
How cognitive elaboration fosters knowledge acquisition on social media—a field experiment
Social media technologies have been criticized as ineffective sources of information because users seem to increase their subjective but not their objective knowledge. While different factors such as multitasking have been brought up as explanations, direct and fair comparisons of learning outcomes between social and traditional news media are missing. This two-wave field experiment (N1 = 902, N2 = 663) shows that whereas participants receiving i…
Incidental and intentional exposure in a mock election setting on social media: Effects on Subjective and Objective Political Knowledge and Aligned Voting
As political campaigns increasingly use social media to reach voters, scholars debate whether users actually acquire election-related knowledge or merely perceive themselves as more knowledgeable. It remains unclear whether social media enhances voting that aligns with users' political attitudes ("correct voting"). Previous studies suggest social media effects vary substantially based on whether exposure is intentional or incidental. In a between…
Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge
Research consistently shows that while social media use does not enhance objective political knowledge, it increases users’ sense of being knowledgeable (subjective knowledge). However, it is unclear which specific modes of social media use lead users to an enhanced feeling of being knowledgeable. This work focuses on two factors that are believed to shape users’ subjective knowledge when using social technologies: (a) the intentionality of socia…
How cognitive elaboration fosters knowledge acquisition on social media—a field experiment
Social media technologies have been criticized as ineffective sources of information because users seem to increase their subjective but not their objective knowledge. While different factors such as multitasking have been brought up as explanations, direct and fair comparisons of learning outcomes between social and traditional news media are missing. This two-wave field experiment (N1 = 902, N2 = 663) shows that whereas participants receiving i…
Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion
Political discussion is often considered essential for a healthy democracy, but what motivates people to engage in it? Traditionally, objective political knowledge—holding factually correct beliefs about politics—has been considered a crucial prerequisite for political action, such as political talk. Recent research challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that subjective knowledge—individuals’ metacognitive perceptions of their own knowledge…
Incidental and intentional exposure in a mock election setting on social media: Effects on Subjective and Objective Political Knowledge and Aligned Voting
As political campaigns increasingly use social media to reach voters, scholars debate whether users actually acquire election-related knowledge or merely perceive themselves as more knowledgeable. It remains unclear whether social media enhances voting that aligns with users' political attitudes ("correct voting"). Previous studies suggest social media effects vary substantially based on whether exposure is intentional or incidental. In a between…
When the political becomes private: Longitudinal dynamics between privacy concerns, cost–benefit calculations, and political expression in social media
For democratic societies, forums of political discussions are needed to exchange opinions which nowadays can be found in social media. Still, in line with theoretical assumptions of the privacy calculus, benefits of political expression in social media also come with risks of privacy invasions, both affecting people’s expression behavior. To better understand the longitudinal between- and within-person dynamics of anticipating costs and benefits …
Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social media (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Business (1 works)