TV Echo Chambers and Political Polarisation
Fourth Estate
New research has found that TV audiences in the United States tended to have more narrow news diets than their social media counterparts. In this edition of Fourth Estate, we discuss the state of partisan politics in America, echo chambers, and lessons for the Australian media.
Monica Attard spoke with Bernard Keane, Political Editor at Crikey and Nick O’Malley, National Environment and Climate Editor at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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