The role of (social) media in political polarization: a systematic review

E Kubin, C Von Sikorski - Annals of the International …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Ethnic orientation over ethical underpinnings: Emerging trends of the Ethiopian media landscape

BA Dessie, AC Ali, MA Moges - Journalism Practice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The study aims to assess the interplay between ethnic identity politics and editorial
independence of the six purposively selected ethnic-based Ethiopian media through the …

The polarizing content warning: how the media can reduce affective polarization

E Kubin, C von Sikorski - Human Communication Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Past research suggests that journalists can (unintentionally) exacerbate affective
polarization when reporting on growing levels of polarization in society. However, is there a …

Media diet and polarisation: evidence from Spain

A Padró-Solanet, J Balcells - Affective Polarisation in Spain, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Does media diet diversity influence affective polarisation of the public? To test this
hypothesis we analyse data from Spain, which like other South European countries has a …

Polarization all the way down: How coverage of elite and partisan polarization spills over to perceptions of the US mass public

G Ploger - Political Communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
How do ordinary citizens perceive and respond to different kinds of political polarization in
the US? Recent work shows that people believe that the parties are intensely polarized but …

Democracy in the digital public sphere: disruptive or self-corrective?

HJ Trenz - Communication Theory, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The article assesses the post-democratic scenario of a public sphere that is detached from
democracy. By describing how public spheres are transformed by the Internet, it is asked …

Why partisans feel hated: Distinct static and dynamic relationships with animosity meta-perceptions

J Lees, M Cikara, JN Druckman - PNAS nexus, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Partisans hold inaccurate perceptions of the other side. What drives these inaccuracies? We
address this question with a focus on partisan animosity meta-perceptions (ie how much a …

Does social media use polarize or depolarize political opinion in China? Explaining opinion polarization within an extended communication mediation model

J Guo, Y Hu - Social Media+ Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In a major policy overhaul, China now allows couples to have up to three children, sparking
a firestorm of contested opinions on social media. Drawing on an online survey of 802 …

Medios de comunicación y confianza política en América Latina: análisis individual y contextual del rol de las noticias en la confianza en el gobierno y el Estado

C Labarca, S Valenzuela… - Revista …, 2022 - revintsociologia.revistas.csic.es
Resumen¿ Cuál es la asociación entre exposición a noticias y confianza política en
Latinoamérica?¿ Hay diferencias según la libertad del sistema de medios y los niveles de …

Emotional Reframing of Economic News using a Large Language Model

JH Jeng, G Kasangu, A Starke, C Trattner - Adjunct Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
News media framing can shape public perception and potentially polarize views. Emotional
language can exacerbate these framing effects, as a user's emotional state can be an …