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Internet use reduces exposure to opposing political views.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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3 sources for · 0 against

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Is it true that internet use reduces exposure to opposing political views?

Unclear. Two reference works and an encyclopedia entry suggest that fragmented online groups and selective exposure can narrow the political information people encounter, but they describe a narrower mechanism and note mixed findings rather than establishing that internet use generally reduces exposure to opposing political views.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 3 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 3
Routledge Handbook of Internet Politics
2010
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Chadwick, A. & Howard, P. N. (2010). Routledge Handbook of Internet Politics. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=GJdfuGSa1xUC&source=gbs_api

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Understanding Digital Literacies
2021
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Jones, R. H. & Hafner, C. A. (2021). Understanding Digital Literacies. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=spQtEAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Selective exposure theory
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Selective exposure theory. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_exposure_theory

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