Hurling the boomerang: The backfire effects of exposure to extremely dissimilar views

• In Event: Political Communication: Partisan Media Consumption, Exposure, Impacts

Brief Overview

We financially incentivized Democrats to consume extreme news outlets on the right (Breitbart, The American Spectator, and The Blaze) and Republicans to consume extreme left-leaning news outlets (Mother Jones, Democracy Now, and The Nation).

Authors

• Andreu Casas, University of Amsterdam

• Ericka Menchen-Trevino, American University

• Chankyung Pak, United International College

• Joao Gonçalves, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Magdalena Wojcieszak, UC Davis