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Don't be too quick to blame social media for America's polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds

  • Written by Homa Hosseinmardi, Associate Research Scientist in Computational Social Science, University of Pennsylvania
Don't be too quick to blame social media for America's polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study findsJoe Biden and Donald Trump supporters, like these two, are more likely to be polarized by TV news than online echo chambers.AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a narrow set of views makes people less likely to challenge their own...

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