The Partisan Asymmetry of Biased News Media and Like-Minded Social Networks on Affective Partisanship

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Content and Effects of Partisan Media

Brief Overview

Frequent, one-sided biased media consumption and belonging to like-minded social networks predict higher affective partisanship for Republicans compared to Democrats. This asymmetry holds through the 2016 election.

Author

• Kristin Kay Lunz Trujillo, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities