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 …

Rising partisan animosity is associated with a reduction in support for democracy and an
increase in support for political violence. Here we provide a multi-level review of …

The world of today presents a duality of phenomenal progress and persistent ills. Amid such
existential contradictions, public deliberation forms one of the central pillars of a functional …

Social media mindsets are the core beliefs that orient individuals' expectations, behaviors,
attributions, and goals about social media's role in their lives. In four survey studies (N …

Introducción: Las redes sociales se han convertido en el actual escenario de crisis no sólo
en el canal más consumido por los jóvenes, sino también en un caudal descontrolado de …

We explore if misinformation from political elites (ie, members of the US Congress) and
extreme partisan information from media outlets generate greater engagement than …

Framing studies remain a powerful line of research in political communication. However, in
recent years, coinciding with the emergence of social media, theoretical and operational …

Online social media has become an important platform to organize around different socio-
cultural and political topics. An extensive scholarship has discussed how people are divided …

This two-study package examines sense of common humanity—a subcomponent of the
psychological construct of self-compassion—in relation to political divisiveness. Study 1 (n …