In-Party Love, Out-Party Hate, and Affective Polarization in Twelve Democracies

https://academic.oup.com/poq/article/89/2/459/8152104?login=false

#HackerNews #InPartyLove #OutPartyHate #AffectivePolarization #Democracies #PoliticalScience

🚨 My first paper is out: http://bit.ly/Bantel_ElSt (open access
@ElectoralStdies)

❓Which divides underlie partisan #AffectivePolarization (AP)? Does their relevance vary?

🧵about camp divides, context factors & AP as democratic defence mechanism (a.k.a. mandatory 🚨🧵😉) (1/7)

New #OpenAccess publication on #NewsRecommendation Systems (NRS): https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221149290

In an experiment, we test whether exposure to #News selected by content-based #NRS leads to more #Polarization than exposure to random news items.

Results:
- Very limited overall effects on polarization (= not supporting the #FilterBubble notion)
- But: If #Algorithm overemphasizes articles with #NegativeSentiment, #AffectivePolarization rises alongside reading time

#Commodon @communicationscholars