Conventional wisdom has held that as people are exposed to more partisan news, they become more polarized. But a new study finds that’s not so. On this month’s episode of The Backdrop, Magdalena Wojcieszak discusses a couple of new studies she has co-authored that found no correlation between media exposure and political polarization.
Wojcieszak, a Professor of Communication at °×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û, studies how the changing media environment creates both opportunities and challenges for informed publics, tolerant citizenry, and responsive governance.
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