Consequences of the Echo Chamber: How Political Social Media Usage Increases Affective Polarization

• In Event: Political Engagement and Echo Chambers

Brief Overview

Based on hypotheses drawn from social identity theory, the paper analyzes the two waves of the 2016 ANES to show social media usage is related to polarized feelings towards candidates, and that this relationship strengthens over time.

Author

• David W Bracken, University of California, Davis