Rising political polarization is, in part, attributed to the fragmentation of news media and the
spread of misinformation on social media. Previous reviews have yet to assess the full …

One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

In the last decade there has been a proliferation of research on misinformation. One
important aspect of this work that receives less attention than it should is exactly why …

Este trabajo presenta un análisis de la bibliografía existente sobre redes sociales en
Iberoamérica, con el objetivo de organizar las principales temáticas cubiertas, relevar sus …

This study examines how extended family group chats on WhatsApp operate as meso-news
spaces, focusing on how misinformation is negotiated within these spaces. Through …

This study explores how emerging media platforms (ie, social media and messaging apps)
contribute to affective political polarization. We rely on cross-national data (USA and Japan) …

Contrary to popular narratives, it is not clear whether using social media for news increases
belief in political misinformation. Several of the most methodologically sound studies find …

The popular encrypted messaging and chat app WhatsApp played a key role in the election
of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. The present study builds on this knowledge …

The use of WhatsApp in everyday life, but also in relation with practices such as receiving,
sharing and commenting on news is growing. However, due to its close or private nature …

In face of public discourses about the negative effects that social media might have on
democracy in Latin America, this article provides a qualitative assessment of existing …