Social news refers to news content that is produced, selected, circulated, or discussed through socially mediated digital environments, where user participation and network interactions influence how information gains visibility and reaches audiences ^[1]. It encompasses news shared through social media platforms, as well as forms of digital journalism that incorporate social media practices, audience engagement, and participatory content distribution. Users contribute to social news circulation by posting links, recommending stories, commenting on reports, and sharing information within their social networks ^[2]. On dedicated social news platforms, users may also submit content, vote on stories, or rank items, allowing collective judgments to influence which information receives prominence. These processes can broaden access to news and facilitate public discussion, but they may also shape news exposure through social relationships, selective sharing, platform algorithms, and users’ judgments of relevance or credibility. In political communication, social news is significant because the circulation and discussion of political information through social networks can influence public attention, political awareness, and participation. Its distinctive feature is the role of social interaction and user participation in the selection, distribution, and interpretation of news