The 2016 U.S. presidential election saw social media continue to play an important role in citizens’ political engagement. This study examines the effect of seeing social media political post sharing on individuals’ own political post sharing. Results from a two-wave survey suggest the interplay within the network is important. Seeing others share political posts and perceiving posts were biased towards a candidate predicted sharing political posts.

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偏向发布：2016年美国总统大选期间与社交媒体网络政治帖子的互动

2016年美国总统大选使社交媒体继续在公民的政治参与中发挥重要作用。这项研究检验了社交媒体政治帖子共享对个人自己的政治帖子共享的影响。两波调查的结果表明，网络内部的相互作用很重要。看到其他人分享政治职位，而感知职位则偏向预期分享政治职位的候选人。