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- Title
Polarization as a Function of Citizen Predispositions and Exposure to News on the Internet.
- Authors
Tewksbury, David; Riles, Julius Matthew
- Abstract
Observers of democratic polities decry a seeming increase in social and political polarization. This article outlines the conditions under which Internet-based news exposure can facilitate polarization. Analyses of data from a nationally representative United States panel study reveal that frequency of news consumption over the Internet can widen disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over a wide range of social and political issues. The results reveal few signs of a similar Internet news exposure effect for disagreement linked to race and income. These findings point to some possible mechanisms of, and limitations to, processes driving social and political polarization.
- Subjects
UNITED States; POLARIZATION (Social sciences); NEWS websites; REPUBLICAN attitudes; DEMOCRATS' attitudes; PARTISANSHIP; DECISION making in political science; PUBLIC opinion; POLITICAL affiliation
- Publication
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2015, Vol 59, Issue 3, p381
- ISSN
0883-8151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08838151.2015.1054996