Perceiving Affective Polarization in the United States: How Social Media Shape Meta-Perceptions and Affective Polarization
Affective polarization is on the rise, not least in the United States. Recent scholarship has identified meta-perceptions, concerning how much opposing partisans think they dislike each other, as a potential driver of actual interparty animosity. I theorize that social media content shapes people’s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2024-02-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241232662 |