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Social Media Interaction Does Not Improve Political Knowledge, but It Does Polarize Us

mardi 18 octobre 2022 à 09:48

*Two new studies say there's no evidence of political learning on social media, but it does increasingly teach us to hate our opponents.*

The article presents a new proposed explanation for why antisocial media increases political polarization: in a big discussion about a major polarizing issue, you won't have a chance to find out that some of the people on the other side share views with you on other issues.