Polarization lurks behind many of the political crises that define the current global moment. When political parties and their partisans disdain and disagree with each other, the discord can preclude ...

To prepare for the 2020 presidential election, a Facebook researcher designed a study to investigate whether the platform’s automated recommendations could expose users to misinformation and ...

In the summer of 2019, The Desert Sun’s opinion pages took a “vacation” from national politics. For the month of July, we took a break from all the machinations of Washington and put the focus back ...

Online discussions are often dominated by a small group of active users, while the majority remain silent. This imbalance can ...