Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings (with peer review)

Röchert, Cargnino, & Neubaum (2022). Two sides of the same leader: an agent-based model to analyze the effect of ambivalent opinion leaders in social networks. Journal of Computational Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-022-00161-z

Cargnino & Neubaum (2022). Is it better to strike a balance? How exposure to congruent and incongruent opinion climates on social networking sites impacts users’ processing and selection of information. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221083914

Neubaum, G., Cargnino, M., Winter, S., & Dvir-Gvirsman, S. (2021). “You’re still worth it” The moral and relational context of politically motivated unfriending decisions in online networks. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243049

Neubaum, G., Cargnino, M., & Maleszka, J. (2021). How Facebook users experience political disagreements and make decisions about the political homogenization of their online network. International Journal of Communication, 15, 187-206.

Cargnino, M., & Neubaum, G. (2020). Are we deliberately captivated in homogeneous cocoons? An investigation on political tie building on social networking sites. Mass Communication and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2020.1805632

Cargnino, M. (2020). The interplay of online network homogeneity, populist attitudes, and conspiratorial beliefs: Empirical evidence from a survey on German Facebook users. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edaa036

Book Chapters

Neubaum, G., Cargnino, M., & Berthelé, D. (2019).  „Das hält unsere Beziehung schon aus“ - Wie die Beziehungsnähe zum Publikum die politische Meinungsäußerung in sozialen Medien beeinflusst. In P. Weber, F. Mangold, M. Hofer, & T. Koch (Hrsg.), Meinungsbildung in der Netzöffentlichkeit (S. 115-136). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

More articles / reports

Cargnino, M., & Neubaum, G. (2019). Homogeneity on social networking sites: Evaluating users’ perceptions. Research Report. Germany: University of Duisburg-Essen.

Neubaum, G., Cargnino, M., Röchert, D., & Maleszka, J. (2018). Gefangen im Netz der Gleichdenkenden? Eine medienpsychologische Analyse von (politischer) Homogenität in sozialen Medien. Psychologie in Österreich, 5, 384-390.

Conference Presentations

Cargnino, M. & Neubaum G. (2021). Does the exposure to homogeneous opinion-climates on social networking sites foster political polarization and the selective exposure to political information? – Results from an experimental study. 8th Conference European Communication Conference (ECREA), Virtual Meeting, 6th – 9th September 2021.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., & Winter, S. (2021). Building Politically Congruent Networks and Connections to Perceived Homogeneity in Social Media. 44th Annual Conference of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Virtual Meeting, 11th – 13th July 2021.

Cargnino, M. (2021). “They’re up to no Good”: How Populist Attitudes and the Belief in Conspiracy Theories Relate to the Likelihood of Being Exposed to Like-Mindedness on Social Networking Sites. 71st Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Meeting, 27th – 31st May 2021.

Cargnino, M. & Neubaum, G. (2021). A Question of Dose? Effects of the Political Congruence of Social Media Opinion Climates on Selective Exposure, Attitudinal Polarization and Political Tolerance. 71st Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Meeting, 27th – 31st May 2021.

Röchert, D., Cargnino, M., & Neubaum, G. (2021). When the Leader takes it all: An Agent-Based Model on the Effects of Ambivalent Opinion Leaders. 71st Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Meeting, 27th – 31st May 2021.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., Röchert, D., Heinbach, D. & Ziegele, M. (2021). The Impact of Social Media Opinion Climates on Users’ Perceptions of Political Opinion Distribution and Deliberative Outcomes: A Linkage Study. 2nd German Political Psychology Meeting, Virtual Meeting, 25th – 26th February 2021.

Neubaum, G., Cargnino, M., Winter, S., & Dvir-Gvirsman, S. (2020). You’re still worth it! The moral and relational context of politically motivated unfriending decisions in online networks. 70th Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia, 21st – 25th May 2020.

Cargnino, M. & Neubaum, G. (2020). Soziale Identifikation als Prädiktor politischer Selektivität auf Facebook. Annual conference of the Audience and Reception Studies Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Würzburg, Germany, 23rd – 25th January 2020.

Cargnino, M. & Neubaum, G. (2020). Political social identity and selectivity toward the like-minded on Facebook. 1st German Political Psychology Meeting, Hagen, Germany, 17th – 18th January 2020.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., Winter, S., & Dvir-Gvirsman, S. (2019). Die Agora, die zu mir passt: Über das Entfernen von Kontakten in Digitalen Netzwerken aufgrund Moralischer Dissonanzen. Conference of the Digital Society Research Program: Datafizierte Gesellschaft: Praktiken, Prozesse und Folgen der Datafizierung – Eine Interdisziplinäre Tagung, Bonn, Germany, 24th – 25th September 2019.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., Winter, S., Dvir-Gvirsman, S. (2019). You’re still worth it! Relational Closeness and Perceived Emotional Support Reduce Unfriending Intentions in the Face of Moral Trespasses. Annual Conference of the Media Psychology Section of the German Society for Psychology, Chemnitz, 4th - 6th September 2019.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., & Winter, S. (2019). Opinion Congruence as a Motive of Friending in Social Networking Sites. 69th Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., 24 - 28 May 2019.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., & Winter, S. (2019). Straight Into the Echo Chamber? How Others’ Political Stance Influences Tie Formation in Social Media. 21st General Online Research Conference in Cologne, 6th - 8th March 2019.

Cargnino, M., Neubaum, G., & Winter, S. (2019). Wir passen einfach nicht zusammen: Meinungskongruenz als Auswahlkriterium für Kontakte auf sozialen Netzwerkseiten. Annual conference of the Audience and Reception Studies Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, 31st January - 2nd February 2019.