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Maximizing engagement increases polarization, especially within networks of like-minded users. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Media , Polarization

Simplified: Maximizing engagement increases polarization within networks of like-minded users.

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A <a href="https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.20191777" target="_blank">paper published in March</a>, based on a study of more than 17,000 Americans, found that Facebook’s content-ra... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Media , Algorithms , Polarization

Simplified: Facebook's content-ranking algorithm may limit exposure to contrary viewpoints increasing polarization.

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A <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3522318" target="_blank">2020 paper</a> compared rising polarization levels in the U.S. over four decades to those in eight oth... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Media , International , Polarization

Simplified: A 2020 paper compared rising polarization levels in the U.S. to eight other developed democracies.

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Staying off the platform “significantly reduced polarization of views on policy issues,” researchers found, although it didn’t diminish divisiveness based strictly on party identity. 0.900

👤 Researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Media , Polarization

Simplified: Staying off Facebook significantly reduced polarization of views on policy issues.

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A <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/114/40/10612" target="_blank">2017 study</a> found that from 1996 to 2016, polarization rose most sharply among Americans aged 65 and older—the demogr... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Demographics , Social Media , Polarization

Simplified: Polarization rose most sharply among Americans aged 65 and older from 1996 to 2016.

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Although social media is unlikely to be the main driver of polarization, they concluded, “we posit that it is often a key facilitator.” 0.900

👤 Quintet of researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Media , Polarization

Simplified: Social media is often a key facilitator of polarization.

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A few days later, Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president for global affairs and communication, <a href="https://nickclegg.medium.com/you-and-the-algorithm-it-takes-two-to-tango-7722b19aa1c2" target="_b... 0.900

👤 Nick Clegg 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Media , Polarization

Simplified: Nick Clegg argued evidence does not support social media as unambiguous driver of polarization.

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