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#580 Emily Kubin: Political Polarization, Dehumanization, and the Media

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Is It a Recent Phenomenon?

Research shows that increasingly the content, especially on traditional newsmedia sites, is increasingly becoming more polarized. But i would also argue that the media markets are incentiveisd to show like the outlandish thing because it can agrad people's attention and make them participate or engage with the news media content. So there's a lot of incentivization of media to be showing this polarized stuff, even if there's consequences for society.

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