📌 Important new paper published at @PNASNews by @tianyangyt @sgonzalezbailon and our colleagues @silviamajo and @rasmus_kleis
Exposure to news grows less fragmented with an increase in mobile access
📱Read it in this link
🧶Key findings in this thread
pnas.org/content/early/…
2. Previous research has shown digital news sources might be leading to ideological segregation. This study resorts to an unprecedented combination of data to show that increase in mobile access to news actually leads to higher exposure to diverse content
3. This study also suggests that self-selection explains only a small percentage of co-exposure to news and finds that more than half of Internet users in the US do not use online news
4. The paper shows that mainstream news outlets offer the common ground where ideologically diverse audiences converge online. But it also reveals that more than half of the US online population consumes no online news, underlining the risk of increased information inequality
5. This study uses a combination of observed data from 🇺🇸 comprising a 5-year time window, involving tens of thousands of panelists and 424 news outlets. It traces news use across devices and unveils differences in news diets when multi-platform or desktop-only access is used
6. The paper discusses the implications of these findings for how we think about the current communication environment, exposure to news, and ongoing attempts to limit the effects of misinformation
📱 Read it in this link pnas.org/content/early/…
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