In this polarized age, have citizens retreated into information cocoons of like-minded media sources?
A new Pew Research Center report found that the outlets people name as their main sources of information about news and politics are strongly correlated with their political views….
The Pew study has been widely interpreted to mean that people are living in partisan and ideological echo chambers — a fear that has been frequently expressed as new communication technologies have expanded the media choices of consumers…
But have the predictions of widespread media echo chambers really come true?