Quarterly Journal of Economics: Refuting Sunstein
8 November 2011Featured on the OUPBlog, the authors of this Quarterly Journal of Economics article ask whether the internet - despite its quantity of information - could be increasing ideological segregation.
"New technologies such as the Internet could either increase or decrease the likelihood that consumers are exposed to diverse news and opinion. The Internet dramatically reduces the cost of acquiring information from a wide range of sources. But increasing the number of available sources can also make it easier for consumers to self-segregate ideologically, limiting themselves to those that are likely to confirm their prior views (Mullainathan and Shleifer 2005)."For the full blog post, visit: Refuting Sunstein
Read the paper: Ideological Segregation Online and Offline
Published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, Advance Access, 3 November, 2011.