“Why Twitter Sometimes Rewards What Most People Disapprove of: The Case of Cross-Party Political Relations” — Most Americans say they disapprove of polarizing content, but Twitters most active users are more politically extreme than most
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Twitter Runs On Hate -- But Its Users Don't Reflect Real Life
A new study finds that divisive content is king on Twitter, but that's not because we prefer it.
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Twitter/X's new paid verification system, which allows almost anyone to become verified, drive polarisation and echo chambers that could be used to manipulate opinions, suggests a new computer modelling study.
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Scimex
Verified users on social media drive polarisation and echo chambers th
Verified users on social media drive polarisation and echo chambers that could be used to manipulate opinions
Having verified users on social media whose posts are prioritised by the platf
Having verified users on social media whose posts are prioritised by the platf
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Social media posts were polarised leading up to elections in 31 countries in 2024. Right-leaning organisations focussed more on politics, religion, and migration, while left-leaners engaged more on education, health and technology.
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#Elections2024 #SocialMediaTrends #Polarization #PoliticalEngagement #DigitalDemocracy
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Social media posts were polarised leading up to elections in 31 countr
Social media posts were polarised leading up to elections in 31 countries in 2024
Italian researchers analysed over 4 million Facebook posts by news outlets and political parties last year
Italian researchers analysed over 4 million Facebook posts by news outlets and political parties last year
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Social media posts were polarised leading up to elections in 31 countries in 2024. Right-leaning news outlets and political parties engaged more on politics, religion, and migration; left-leaning news and political groups engaged more on education, health and technology
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#Elections2024 #Polarization #PoliticalEngagement #MediaBias #SocialMediaTrends
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Scimex
Social media posts were polarised leading up to elections in 31 countr
Social media posts were polarised leading up to elections in 31 countries in 2024
Italian researchers analysed over 4 million Facebook posts by news outlets and political parties last year
Italian researchers analysed over 4 million Facebook posts by news outlets and political parties last year
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Political overconfidence worsens polarization in online debates. 📊💬 A new study suggests that people who overestimate their political knowledge are more likely to react negatively during online conversations with those who hold opposing views—and as a result, become more emotionally polarized over time. 🔥🗣️
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PsyPost
Political overconfidence worsens polarization in online debates
The more people overestimate their political smarts, the more likely they are to react aggressively to opposing views and become more polarized.
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As political attitudes become more tied to identity, people become more likely to prefer extreme over moderate candidates from their own party 🗳️🤔🗣️ (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology)
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Democratic Decline is Occurring in Key Fishing Countries 🎣🌍 and Has the Potential to Disrupt Global Fisheries Governance through Increased Polarization within Key Intergovernmental Institutions. This Paper Lays Out the Evidence, Explores the Potential Implications, and Sets Out a Research Agenda. 📊📝
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#DemocraticDecline #GlobalFisheries #GovernanceChallenges #Polarization #ResearchAgenda
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Wiley Online Library
Examining the Relevance of Democratic Decline for Marine Fisheries
Democratic regression is occurring around the world at precisely the time when progress on sustainable development and biodiversity conservation has become essential. To understand the extent to whic...
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Political representatives more polarized on climate change than their constituents. The difference between the positions of left- and right-wing representatives is almost three times greater than the difference between the views of left- and right-wing voters
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As America shifted left under Trump, emotional hostility widened the partisan gap
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As America shifted left under Trump, emotional hostility widened the partisan gap
During Donald Trump’s first presidency, American public opinion broadly shifted leftward. But a new study reveals this "liberal rebound" was accompanied by surging emotional hostility between political parties, driving voters further apart on key policy issues.
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In a simulation of thousands of chatbot agents, like-minded ones clustered together and their opinions drifted into polarised camps, much as in human networks.
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Nature
Emergence of polarization in networks of large language model agents
Nature Communications - Large language model agents can now communicate, form networks, and develop opinions, but their collective behaviour remains poorly understood. Here, the authors show that...
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