If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news,
they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization,. This …

Purpose The global prevalence of social media and its potential to cause polarization are
highly debated and impactful. The previous literature often assumes that the ideological bias …

Today's high-choice digital media environments allow citizens to completely refrain from
online news exposure and, if they do use news, to select sources that align with their …

How does the ideological segregation of online networks impact the spread of
misinformation? Past studies have found that homophily generally increases diffusion …

Social media have enabled laypersons to disseminate, at scale, links to news and public
affairs information. Many individuals share such links without first reading the linked …

This systematic review synthesizes current research on echo chambers and filter bubbles to
highlight the reasons for the dissent in echo chamber research on the existence …

Many Americans consume aligned partisan media, which scholars worry contributes to
polarization. Many propose encouraging these Americans to consume cross-cutting media …

Skepticism about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in the United States led to a
historic attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 and represents one of the greatest …

In two online experiments (N= 2,735), we investigated whether forced exposure to high
proportions of false news could have deleterious effects by sowing confusion and fueling …

With the growth of online news over the past decade, empirical studies on political discourse
and news consumption have focused on the phenomenon of filter bubbles and echo …