Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and polarisation: A literature review

This literature review examines social scientific evidence regarding the existence, causes,
and effects of online echo chambers in the context of concerns about digital platforms …

Users choose to engage with more partisan news than they are exposed to on Google Search

RE Robertson, J Green, DJ Ruck, K Ognyanova… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news,
they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization,. This …

Digital nationalism: Understanding the role of digital media in the rise of 'new'nationalism

S Mihelj, C Jiménez‐Martínez - Nations and nationalism, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While digital technologies were initially seen as harbingers of globalisation and
cosmopolitanism, scholars increasingly acknowledge their role in the rise of nationalism and …

How social network sites and other online intermediaries increase exposure to news

M Scharkow, F Mangold, S Stier… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Research has prominently assumed that social media and web portals that aggregate news
restrict the diversity of content that users are exposed to by tailoring news diets toward the …

No polarization from partisan news: Over-time evidence from trace data

M Wojcieszak, S de Leeuw… - … Journal of Press …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Many blame partisan news media for polarization in America. This paper examines the
effects of liberal, conservative, and centrist news on affective and attitude polarization. To …

Percepciones sobre medios de comunicación y desinformación: ideología y polarización en el sistema mediático español

P Masip, J Suau… - Profesional de …, 2020 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
Se analiza la confianza que los ciudadanos depositan en los medios de comunicación y si
está condicionada por su posicionamiento ideológico. Así mismo, se estudia cómo la …

Research on selective media exposure in Spain: a critical review of its findings, application phases, and blind spots

L Valera-Ordaz - Profesional de la información, 2023 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
This paper is the first review of selective exposure studies in Spain, offering comprehensive
insights into the diverse findings and analytical strategies employed over almost three …

Avenues to news and diverse news exposure online: Comparing direct navigation, social media, news aggregators, search queries, and article hyperlinks

M Wojcieszak, E Menchen-Trevino… - … Journal of Press …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The online environment dramatically expands the number of ways people can encounter
news but there remain questions of whether these abundant opportunities facilitate news …

More of the same? Homogenization in news recommendations when users search on Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter

E Nechushtai, R Zamith, SC Lewis - Mass Communication and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Amid concerns over algorithmic gatekeeping and the power of digital platforms to serve as
engines for polarization and disinformation, we examined the performance of algorithmic …

[HTML][HTML] Self-imposed filter bubbles: Selective attention and exposure in online search

AG Ekström, DC Niehorster, EJ Olsson - Computers in Human Behavior …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is commonly assumed that algorithmic curation of search results creates filter bubbles,
where users' beliefs are continually reinforced and opposing views are suppressed …