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Political Polarization on the Digital Sphere: A Cross-platform, Over-time Analysis of Interactional, Positional, and Affective Polarization on Social Media
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In this article, political polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world, and there is a need to improve the co-existence of political polarization.Abstract:
Political polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world. Although the issue has received some scholarly attention, there is a need to improve the co...read more
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The role of (social) media in political polarization: a systematic review
TL;DR: Rising political polarization is, in part, attributed to the fragmentation of news media and the spread of misinformation on social media as discussed by the authors. But previous reviews have yet to assess the full breadth of re...
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Media usage predicts intention to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 in the US and the UK.
TL;DR: For instance, the authors found a positive association between intention to be vaccinated and usage of broadcast and print media, and a negative effect for social media on vaccine hesitancy in the US and UK.
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How social media shapes polarization.
Jay J. Van Bavel,Jay J. Van Bavel,Steve Rathje,Elizabeth Harris,Claire Robertson,Anni Sternisko +5 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that social media shapes polarization through the following social, cognitive, and technological processes: partisan selection, message content, and platform design and algorithms, and argue that these processes can be classified into three broad categories: partisan, cognitive and technological.
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“Be Less of a Slave to the News”: A Texto-Material Perspective on News Avoidance among Young Adults
TL;DR: The distinct media repertoire of young adults in the digital age, especially their increasing ability to bypass the news media, inspires a wealth of research as mentioned in this paper, while previous studies have focused on...
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A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy
TL;DR: This article conducted a systematic review of causal and correlational evidence on the link between digital media use and different political variables and found that increasing political participation and information consumption are likely to be beneficial for democracy and were often observed in autocracies and emerging democracies.
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