I guarantee this finding will not get nearly the coverage that "OMG FACEBOOK FILTER BUBBLES" does.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/843804634951172096 …
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Replying to @monkeycageblog
@davidlazer But that's not what the paper shows. 75+ are polarized doesn't speak one way or another to social media's role.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep @monkeycageblog
The result is inconsistent with a hypothesis that social media is driving polarization. 1/
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But the finding that older voters have polarized but younger voters have not is open to alt interpretation 2/
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That said, if social media were _main_ driver of polarization, hard to see how that does not have an age gradient 3/
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Replying to @davidlazer
Because it's an ecology; and totally possible over 75 has another, dynamic like cable TV—also said influenced by social media.
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Replying to @zeynep @davidlazer
Information flows, profit channels, journalists pressures, broadcast means and production have all changed.. dramatically.
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Replying to @zeynep
I agree. It takes a village to figure this out. But if arg is that polarization is driven by SM filter bubble, this is counter.
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It argues that don't forget cable TV for 75+, sure. But tye ecology is too complex for this.
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