A paper written by sociology students connected mobility to growing political polarization between economically disadvantaged and well-off, majority-white neighborhoods.

“Mutual learning happens in the entropy; we need the confusion to release the new.” Nora Bateson In a previous blog, "The Purpose of Conflict" I wrote, "What we can learn is to embrace conflict. To do ...

Most parents say social media and political polarization have made child rearing harder than it was for past generations, a new survey shows. The Collage Group, a consumer research firm based in ...

In the digital age, we find ourselves increasingly divided, not just by our beliefs and values, but by the very technologies designed to connect us. The sophisticated algorithms that power our social ...

A new study published in Political Psychology has found that partisan identity significantly outweighs other social factors, including race, religion, and social class, in driving social polarization ...

It’s election season, and I have people in my network asking me for my thoughts on how social media is affecting the daily sentiment around the political climate. In recent years, the landscape of ...

When X (formerly Twitter) changed its verification system in 2022, many foresaw its potential to impact the spread of political opinions on the platform. In a modeling study publishing October 22 in ...

New research looking at Facebook in the run-up to the 2020 election finds scant evidence to suggest that social media algorithms are to blame for political polarization, extremism, or belief in ...

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People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Stanford’s New Algorithmic Tool Shows Social Media Polarization Isn’t Inevitable Your email has been sent Research suggests that the political toxicity many users ...