This article reviews the empirical evidence on the relationship between social media and political polarization. We argue that social media shapes polarization through the following social, cognitive, and technological processes: partisan selection, message content, and platform design and algorithms.

Which concept, coined by E. Pariser, is used to describe the social fragmentation and political polarization, which is caused by algorithms and recommendation systems, especially in the social media:a.Anomyb.Filter bubblec.Fake newsd.Echo chamber

societal polarization.

Polarization isGroup of answer choicesdriven by elites, not the mass publicdriven by recent Supreme Court decisiondriven by the mass public, which the elites follow in order to get electeddriven by the news media

Which of the following are true of party polarization? Multiple select question.Partisanship today is very different than it was through most of the nation's history.Partisan fights have become prolonged and bitter.Partisan divisions have surfaced on nearly every issue.Partisanship has increased dramatically over the past few decades.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the "inattentive audience"?Multiple Choicea preference for objective journalismgreater susceptibility to disinformationgreater resistance to partisan messagesa desire to only consume news through social mediaan accurate but shallow understanding of politics