We report results from a campus project in which participants volunteered to increase their exposure to news from diverse viewpoints for an extended period of time. Specifically, participants read email newsletters from the three leading US cable news stations, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, every...

This study investigates the effects of variation in "congeniality" of news on Facebook user engagement (likes, shares, and comments). We compile an original data set of Facebook posts by 84 German news outlets on politicians that were investigated for criminal offenses from January 2012 to June...

This study investigates the effects of variation in "congeniality" of news on Facebook user engagement (likes, shares, and comments). We compile an original data set of Facebook posts by 84 German news outlets on politicians that were investigated for criminal offenses from January 2012 to June...

COVER -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 THE MONSTER UNLEASHED -- CHAPTER 2 BRAND NEW WORLD -- CHAPTER 3 BRAND STRATEGIES GONE WRONG -- CHAPTER 4 CULTURE JAMMING -- CHAPTER 5 FAKE NEWS -- CHAPTER 6 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERNET TROLLS --...

Which social groups do people associate with the two main American political parties? To assess that, we conducted a survey in 2013. We told respondents that we had paired them with two randomly chosen respondents from a recent survey, a Republican and a Democrat. We asked respondents to guess...