Just How Far Does Political “Unfriending” Go? The Limited Effects of Political Disagreement on Social Networks

• In Event: Political Disagreement in Social Networks and Interactions

Brief Overview

We analyze why and when people are most likely to unfriend another person on social media due to politics. We show that political unfriending is relatively rare and often due to a history of unpleasant, non-political interactions on and off line.

Authors

• Elizabeth C Connors, University of South Carolina

• Yanna Krupnikov, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor