Rising political polarization is, in part, attributed to the fragmentation of news media and the
spread of misinformation on social media. Previous reviews have yet to assess the full …

One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

Healthy democratic polities feature competing visions of a good society but also require
some level of cooperation and institutional trust. Democracy is at risk when citizens become …

Scholars increasingly point to polarization as a central threat to democracy—and identify
technology platforms as key contributors to polarization. In contrast, we argue that …

To capture audiences' attention on social media, news outlets may disseminate journalistic
content in line with platform instead of mass media logics, indicating a platformization of …

Social media has played a pivotal role in polarising views on politics, climate change, and
more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Social media induced polarisation (SMIP) poses …

The world of today presents a duality of phenomenal progress and persistent ills. Amid such
existential contradictions, public deliberation forms one of the central pillars of a functional …

The fifth edition of this comprehensive and engaging text guides readers through the
essential tools and skills necessary to conduct quantitative content analysis research …

Recommender systems are the algorithms which select, filter, and personalize content
across many of the world's largest platforms and apps. As such, their positive and negative …

Nearly five billion people around the world now use social media, and this number
continues to grow. One of the primary goals of social media platforms is to capture and …