Participation in Problematic News Cycles on Social Media and Instant Messaging Services during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Impact of News Use, Political Discussion, and Ideological Extremism

After a period of initial enthusiasm about the greater communication power offered to citizens by the Internet, scholars now share a widespread concern about online participation in problematic news cycles.…

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Audiences of science communication between pluralisation, fragmentation and polarisation

Schäfer, M. S., & Metag, J. (2021). Audiences of science communication between pluralisation, fragmentation and polarisation. In M. Bucchi, B. Trench (Eds.), Routledge handbook of public communication of science and…

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Divisive, polarising, or energising? Primary election competition and candidate performance in US congressional elections

Ebner, D. (2021). Divisive, polarising, or energising? Primary election competition and candidate performance in US congressional elections. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 27(1), 1-29.

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Political and affective polarisation in a democracy in crisis: The E-Dem panel survey dataset (Spain, 2018–2019)

Torcal, M., Santana, A., Carty, E., & Comellas, J. M. (2020). Political and affective polarisation in a democracy in crisis: The E-Dem panel survey dataset (Spain, 2018–2019). Data in brief,…

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Recontextualising partisan outrage online: analysing the public negotiation of Trump support among American conservatives in 2016

Kelly, A. (2020). Recontextualising partisan outrage online: analysing the public negotiation of Trump support among American conservatives in 2016. AI & SOCIETY, 1-12.

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