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- While social media is often blamed for exacerbating incivility and partisan polarization, research led by Duke University scholars found that anonymous online conversations using a mobile chat platform they developed can reduce political polarization. The research also showed how varying levels of anonymity can shape conversations about politics.
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Sep 21, 2021 · Further, we call on future research to consider using (social) media as a tool to reduce political polarization in the public and to provide those in the newsroom with more insights and evidence-based information on how to prevent media coverage from unwittingly increasing polarization.
- Full article: Social Media Use and Political Engagement in ...
Combining Varieties of Democracy (VDEM) and World Values...
- Full article: Social Media Use and Political Engagement in ...
Rising political polarization is, in part, attributed to the fragmentation of news media and the spread of misinformation on social media. Previous reviews have yet to assess the full breadth of research on media and polarization.
- Emily Kubin, Emily Kubin, Christian von Sikorski
- 2021
Combining Varieties of Democracy (VDEM) and World Values Survey (WVS) data, this study examines how issue polarization and affective polarization at the country level shape the relationships between social media use for political information and democratic outcomes in 27 developed democracies.
Jun 19, 2024 · Although our study puts online political hostility into perspective, it does not deny social media platforms any causal role in fuelling political polarisation and hostility. Social networks...
Feb 7, 2024 · Our follow-up experimental study illustrated that participants with more frequent engagement in uncivil discussion, irrespective of interacting with civil or uncivil comments, showed consistently higher levels of intrapersonal reflection, which reduces perceived polarization.
Jun 6, 2024 · The connection between two waves of polarization is weakened by social media adoption but strengthened by social media organization. Drawing on social identity theory, we synthesize the findings and propose two theoretical routes to explain the influence of social media on political polarization.
Nov 1, 2021 · Here, we highlight processes by which social media might shape polarization (i.e., partisan selection, message content, platform design, and algorithms). Our article provides a framework for understanding the impact of social media on polarization.
