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The Geography of Online News Engagement
Publication
Nov 6, 2014
Abstract
Geographical processes might well impact online engagement in big countries like the USA. Upon a random sample of 200K news articles and corresponding 41M comments posted on the Yahoo News in that country, we show that nearby individuals tend to comment and engage with similar news articles more than distant individuals do. Interestingly, at state level, topics one reads about are associated with specific socio-economic conditions and personality traits.