University of Illinois: Partisan Media Sites May Not Sway Opinions, But Erode Trust in Mainstream Press
March 30, 2021
March 30, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of Illinois System Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news release:
Popular wisdom suggests that the internet plays a major role in shaping consumers' political attitudes in the U.S., and some recent studies blamed partisan news outlets' coverage for the increasing polarization of the nation's electorate.
However, a study of 1,037 internet users during the 2018-19 U.S. midterm election found that online . . .
Popular wisdom suggests that the internet plays a major role in shaping consumers' political attitudes in the U.S., and some recent studies blamed partisan news outlets' coverage for the increasing polarization of the nation's electorate.
However, a study of 1,037 internet users during the 2018-19 U.S. midterm election found that online . . .