social network e opnioni politiche
Congruente con la ricerca di Fosca Gianotti, mi pare. Does the consumption of ideologically congruent news on social media exacerbate polarization? I estimate the effects of social media news exposure by conducting a large field experiment randomly offering participants subscriptions to conservative or liberal news outlets on Facebook. I collect data on the causal chain of media effects: subscriptions to outlets, exposure to news on Facebook, visits to online news sites, and sharing of posts, as well as changes in political opinions and attitudes. Four main findings emerge. First, random variation in exposure to news on social media substantially affects the slant of news sites that individuals visit. Second, exposure to counter-attitudinal news decreases negative attitudes toward the opposing political party. Third, in contrast to the effect on attitudes, I find no evidence that the political leanings of news outlets affect political opinions. Fourth, Facebook's algorithm is less likely to supply individuals with posts from counter-attitudinal outlets, conditional on individuals subscribing to them. Together, the results suggest that social media algorithms may limit exposure to counter-attitudinal news and thus increase polarization. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20191777
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 11:28:46 AM +0200, Stefano Quintarelli wrote:
...Together, the results suggest that social media algorithms may limit exposure to counter-attitudinal news and thus increase polarization.
In sintesi, la stessa cosa che io e molti altri rispondiamo da anni a chi dice che "i social hanno molta meno influenza sul voto/spostano molti meno voti di quanto si racconta o si vuole far credere" Ovvero, il problema non e' che ti fanno cambiare idea come fa comodo a loro, e' che rendono molto piu' difficile cambiarla, perche' gli fa piu' comodo. E questo alla fine pesa eccome, anche a livello di elezioni. Per dire, preservare in chi non vota "perche' tanto 'so tutti uguali" quell'idea rende molto piu' pesanti, sempre di piu' a ogni elezione, i voti di chi invece vota.
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Stefano Quintarelli