Social media use in American counties: geography and determinants

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pick, James (author), Sarkar, Avijit (author), and Rosales, Jessica (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    URL:
    https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/9/424
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11367
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of Geo-Information
    Journal Title Details:
    8, 424
    Subject Term:
    adoption, diffusion, information needs, information sources, media use, policies, rural-urban differences, digital divide, geography, local, social media, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, location, and local solutions
    Notes:
    Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). 25 pages, Researchers analyzed the spatial dimension and socioeconomic determinants of social media utilization in 3,109 counties in the United States. Subsamples involved metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural regions. Findings compared usage of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and all social media, by region of the nation.

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