Implications of Pro- and Counterattitudinal Information Exposure for Affective Polarization

By R. Kelly Garrett, S. D. Gvirsman, Benjamin K. Johnson, Yariv Tsfati, Rachel L. Neo, Aysenur Dal. 2014

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Confirmation biases in selective exposure to political online information: Source bias vs. content bias (2017, background): “This pattern, in turn, is thought to result in increasingly larger divisions in views and perceived social distance between parties (Garrett et al., 2014), which hinders effective, problem-solving political discourse.”
Facebook news and (de)polarization: reinforcing spirals in the 2016 US election (2018, methodology): “media news recommendations resulted in increasing exposure to counter-attitudinal information (Bakshy et al., 2015; Flaxman et al., 2016; Garrett, 2009; Garrett et al., 2014; Garrett & Stroud, 2014; Gentzkow & Shapiro, 2011; Messing & Westwood, 2014).”
Partisan Provocation: The Role of Partisan News Use and Emotional Responses in Political Information Sharing in Social Media (2016, background): “Partisan media can be polarizing and influence attitudes toward those with opposing views (Arceneaux, Johnson, & Cryderman, 2013; Garrett et al., 2014; Iyengar et al., 2012; Levendusky, 2013b; Stroud, 2010).”
Newspaper Closures Polarize Voting Behavior (2018, background): “…allegiances make it easier for ordinary citizens to vote their preferences, but sorting and partisanship also encourage team-mindedness and social polarization (e.g. Garrett et al., 2014; Mason, 2015; Mason, 2016), inhibiting cooperation between people with different values and convictions.”
A Three-Decade Retrospective on the Hostile Media Effect (2015, unknown): “This also argues for a ‘‘fairness ethos’’ with particular outlets offering a voice to marginal, even extreme parties (Tsfati & Cohen, 2005b), and nonpartisan media continuing apace, striving to offer old-fashioned nonpartisan news on controversial issues (Garrett et al., 2014).”