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This story originally appeared on LX.com It’s easy to point across the political aisle and find examples of how social media has pushed your opponents into hyper-partisan corners, living in what seems to be an alternative reality. But it’s likely your reality is skewed by those same social media algorithms every day – subtly nudging you closer and closer toward political extremism – without you even realizing it. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. “One of the main effects of social media is polarizing the people whose opin...

This story originally appeared on LX.com It’s easy to point across the political aisle and find examples of how social media has pushed your opponents into hyper-partisan corners, living in what seems to be an alternative reality. But it’s likely your reality is skewed by those same social media algorithms every day – subtly nudging you closer and closer toward political extremism – without you even realizing it. Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. “One of the main effects of social media is polarizing the people whose opinions are no...

This story originally appeared on LX.com It’s easy to point across the political aisle and find examples of how social media has pushed your opponents into hyper-partisan corners, living in what seems to be an alternative reality. But it’s likely your reality is skewed by those same social media algorithms every day – subtly nudging you closer and closer toward political extremism – without you even realizing it. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. “One of the main effects of social media is polarizing the people whose opini...

This story originally appeared on LX.com It’s easy to point across the political aisle and find examples of how social media has pushed your opponents into hyper-partisan corners, living in what seems to be an alternative reality. But it’s likely your reality is skewed by those same social media algorithms every day – subtly nudging you closer and closer toward political extremism – without you even realizing it. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. “One of the main effects of social media is polarizing the people who...

, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. Thanks for taking the time to chat. For those who are unfamiliar with your work, can you briefly describe your research background? Sure. My expertise really has to do with interpersonal interactions in terms of how people communicate about politics, whether that's in face-to-face interactions or interactions on social media. I'm most interested in the social dynamics of those interactions, thinking about how the psychological and physiological experience of those sorts of conversations affect what people say and how they behave in intera...