The Distorting Prism of Social Media: How Online Comments Affect Polarization and Incivility

• In Event: Partisan Media and Polarization

Brief Overview

We draw on Facebook data, survey data and original survey experiments to examine how online comments differ from what the general public would comment and how the distorted picture of partisans presented on social media affects public opinion.

Authors

• Jin Woo Kim, Dartmouth College

• Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College

• Andrew Guess, Princeton University

• Jason Reifler, University of Exeter