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Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds

Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds

Aug 15, 2022 | News, PennMAP, Published

Joe Biden and Donald Trump supporters, like these two, are more likely to be polarized by TV news than online echo chambers. AP Photo/Allen G. Breed The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a...
TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S.

TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S.

Jul 26, 2022 | News, PennMAP, Published

Duncan Watts and colleagues found that 17% of Americans consume television news from partisan left- or right-leaning sources compared to just 4% online. For TV news viewers, this audience segregation tends to last month over month. In the lead-up to the 2016...
Want to reduce political polarization? Start by looking beyond politics

Want to reduce political polarization? Start by looking beyond politics

Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, News, PennMAP, Published

PHILADELPHIA, January 20, 2022 — Is bonding over non-political similarities the key to depolarizing political discussions? New research sheds light on how even hardliners can be swayed when coming in contact with opposing viewpoints. In many friend groups, politics is...

How biased narratives impact our judgment — even when we’re aware of it happening

Jan 11, 2022 | Featured, News, PennMAP, Published

PHILADELPHIA, January 11, 2022 — Does explicitly acknowledging bias make us less likely to make biased decisions? A new study examining how people justify decisions based on biased data finds that this is not necessarily the case. Narrative-based explanations of what...

Are two heads better than one? Or do too many cooks spoil the broth?

Sep 3, 2021 | Featured, Group Dynamics, News, Published

Can we predict whether a team of interacting individuals will outperform a group of individuals working alone? In their new paper “Task complexity moderates group synergy,” Abdullah Almaatouq and Duncan Watts, along with co-authors Mohammed Alsobay and Ming Yin,...
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