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Enlightening Confusion: How Contradictory Findings Help Mitigate Problematic Trends in Digital Democracies
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Abstract This thematic issue includes ten articles that address previous contradictions in research on two main trends in digital democracies: news avoidance and political polarization. Looking at these contradictions from different angles, all contributions suggest one aspect in particular that could be imp... view more
This thematic issue includes ten articles that address previous contradictions in research on two main trends in digital democracies: news avoidance and political polarization. Looking at these contradictions from different angles, all contributions suggest one aspect in particular that could be important for future research to investigate more specifically possible countermeasures to harmful trends: the individualized, self‐reflective way in which media users nowadays engage with political content. The increasingly value‐based individualization of media use may be a hopeful starting point for reversing harmful trends to some degree by addressing individual media users as a community with a common base of civic values, rather than addressing them in their limited social group identities.... view less
Keywords
disinformation; polarization; populism; mass media; confidence; selection; news; individualization; political influence
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
civic norms; corrective action; media trust; news avoidance; political polarization; politicized self; selective exposure; social identity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 89-92
Journal
Media and Communication, 10 (2022) 3
Issue topic
Enlightening Confusion: How Contradictory Findings Help Mitigate Problematic Trends in Digital Democracies
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; reviewed