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    October 24, 2016
    The Political Environment on Social Media

    Many users see social media as an especially negative venue for political discussions, but others see it as simply “more of the same”

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    Many users see social media as an especially negative venue for political discussions, but others see it as simply “more of the same”
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    The Political Environment on Social Media
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    More than one-third of social media users are worn out by the amount of political content they encounter
    Many users see social media as an especially negative venue for political discussions, but others see it as simply “more of the same”
    Despite pronounced differences in their online networks, Facebook and Twitter users are equally likely to see and post political content
    Despite pronounced differences in their online networks, Facebook and Twitter users are equally likely to see and post political content
    Most Facebook and Twitter users’ online networks contain a mix of people with a variety of political beliefs
    37% of social media users are worn out by political content
    Majority of users find it stressful to talk politics on social media with people they disagree with politically
    Many users feel that social media encourages people to say things about politics that they never would say in person
    Many users see social media as an especially negative venue for political discussion, but others see these sites as simply “more of the same”
    Majority of users feel social media help to get people involved with issues they care about, bring new voices into the political conversation
    Democrats and Republicans equally likely to follow political figures, mostly those who share their views
    Highly politically engaged social media users take more active steps to curate their feeds, respond to political disagreements
    Politically engaged social media users express heightened negativity about tone of political discussions, but they also see benefits
    Posting offensive content is the main reason people block or remove others from their feeds because of politics
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