# The Importance of Trending Topics in the Gatekeeping of Social Media News Engagement: A Natural Experiment on Weibo

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/the-importance-of-trending-topics-in-the-gatekeeping-of-social-media-news/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Yang Tian,Yilang Peng |
| Citations | 51 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0093650220933729 |
| Fields | Social Sciences |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W3036195057 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2020 |

## Paper authors

- [Yilang Peng](https://scholariq.org/researchers/yilang-peng/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Social Media and Politics](https://scholariq.org/topics/social-media-and-politics/)

## Paper topics

- [Social Media and Politics](https://scholariq.org/topics/social-media-and-politics/)
- [Media Influence and Politics](https://scholariq.org/topics/media-influence-and-politics/)
- [Media Studies and Communication](https://scholariq.org/topics/media-studies-and-communication/)

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