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> Well that and people tend to seek out information they agree with rather than information that challenges their views. I don't think this is necessarily true
by plastic-enjoyer 4mo ago
> Well that and people tend to seek out information they agree with rather than information that challenges their views.
I don't think this is necessarily true. A while ago, I read a study which found that right-leaning people have the greatest media diversity, i.e. they also consume media from their political opponents. The problem here is less that people are being in a filter bubble or pick their information selectively, and more that people weight information differently depending whether they trust the source, or not.
- frm88 4mo agoA while ago, I read a study which found that right-leaning people have the greatest media diversity, i.e. they also consume media from their political opponents. Statistics say the opposite: left leaning persons in the US have a broader spectrum of media they consume and trust. From the selection of ~30 media presented, people on the right basically chose 1: Fox News https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/democrats-trust-more-news-outlets-than-republicans-new-pew-tracker-shows/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/democrats-trust-more-news-...