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What does research say about how social media affects polarization?, with Emily Kubin
FromPeople Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
What does research say about how social media affects polarization?, with Emily Kubin
FromPeople Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
A talk with Emily Kubin, who recently, with her co-researcher Christian Von Sikorski, did a comprehensive review of 121 studies on social media effects on political polarization. We talk about her research, why polarization is a problem, the different types of polarization (affective vs ideological), our psychology tendency to become us-versus-them in our thinking, her own opinions on what social media is doing to us, and the mechanisms by which social media may be amplifying polarization.
Released:
Oct 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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