Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature

by Alexandra Siegel; Andrew Guess; Brendan Nyhan; Cristian Vaccari; Denis Stukal; Joshua A. Tucker; Pablo Barberá; Sergey Sanovich

Mar 19, 2018

DESCRIPTION

This report provides an overview of the current state of the literature on the relationship between social media; political polarization; and political "disinformation," a term used to encompass a wide range of types of information about politics found online, including "fake news," rumors, deliberately factually incorrect information, inadvertently factually incorrect information, politically slanted information, and "hyperpartisan" news.

Publishers

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Funder

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Document Type

Languages

English

Geography

North America / United States

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Title: Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature
Publication date 2018-03-19
Publication Year 2018
Authors Alexandra Siegel , Andrew Guess , Brendan Nyhan , Cristian Vaccari , Denis Stukal , Joshua A. Tucker , Pablo Barberá , Sergey Sanovich
Copyright holder(s) William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Geographical Focus North America / United States
Keywords political polarization , political
Document type Literature/Research Review , Report/Whitepaper
Language English
URL: https://democracy.issuelab.org/resource/social-media-political-polarization-and-political-disinformation-a-review-of-the-scientific-literature.html
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