Article-level slant and polarisation of news consumption on social media

Cătălin Roșioru

Over the last two decades, social media has become a primary news source for millions of people, raising concerns over ‘echo chambers’ and ‘filter bubbles’. This column uses US data covering over a million Facebook articles classified by political slant to show that Democrats and Republicans consume sharply different content on the platform, largely driven by algorithmic curation. The findings highlight how platform design can amplify partisan divides in democratic discourse. Given the finding

Tag-uri: Facebook

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