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The role of opinion diversity in the hostile media effect: Partisan exposure on social media, affective polarization, and political participation

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Online experiment shows diverse opinions reduced bias perceptions in polarized audiences, suggesting new strategies for political engagement.

The incongruent context reduced perceived bias gaps between pro-attitudinal and counter-attitudinal posts, enhancing political engagement.
Participants exposed to incongruent opinions reported increased willingness to engage with differing views compared to congruent contexts.
This online experiment involved 574 participants in the US, manipulating comment types on abortion-related posts to assess their impact.
These findings indicate the potential for social media to influence political participation and reduce affective polarization through diverse opinions.

Lee et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Online experiment shows diverse opinions reduced bias perceptions in polarized audiences, suggesting new strategies for political engagement.