How social media shapes polarization

This article reviews the empirical evidence on the relationship between social media and political polarization. We argue that social media shapes polarization through the following social, cognitive, and technological processes: partisan selection, message content, and platform design and algorithms.

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This article reviews the empirical evidence on the relationship between social media and political polarization, arguing that social media shapes polarization through processes like partisan selection, message content, and platform design and algorithms.