🎙️Is this thing on?🎙️New #openacess piece from @kreissdaniel & I in NM&S. “A review and provocation: On polarization and platforms” argues that the analysis & normative conclusions of much polarization research, especially work on platforms, are wrong. 1/x journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… Our foundational claim is that polarization might not be bad for democracy—it might in fact be a necessary outgrowth of efforts to achieve democracy. Simply put, we cannot sacrifice equality and justice on the altar of social cohesion. 2/x

Proud to have advised on this @knightfdn & @GallupNews report. We surveyed 10k+ Americans about their views on democracy, the internet, social media, & politics. We dove deep into people's views on free expression, privacy rights, & content moderation. knightfoundation.org/reports/media-… 1/ American's views on what sort of social media and internet they want for our democracy - and who should be in charge of shaping it - do *not* fall along partisan lines. This work stems from a fancy cluster analysis on a series of forced-choice questions 2/