New research shows that social media creators have enormous influence over their audiences' politics—especially those who don ...

Older Americans are driving political polarization and conspiracy theories on top internet platforms, while Zoomers tend to ...

A new study lays blame on Americans in this age group for fueling political polarization on social media. The study from the ...

A study first reported by Wired from researchers at Columbia and Harvard followed 4,716 Americans aged between 18 and 45 to ...

When Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his vice presidential running mate back in July, the predictable scrutiny a vice presidential nominee typically gets quickly devolved into a very online ...

Many of us fondly recall a world before social media. We engaged with TV and print ads that were nonpolarizing ways to “Just do it,” “Share a Coke” or answer “Where’s the beef?” The internet and ...

When former kindergarten teacher and TikTok creator Arielle Fodor joined the recent fundraising Zoom call for presidential candidate Kamala Harris, “White Women: Answer The Call,” she assumed her ...

With the 2024 U.S. presidential election in full swing, this digital frontier poses an unprecedented threat to the integrity of American democracy. Welcome to the unregulated Wild West of online ...

Find out in About Politics how responses differ by political affiliation; Clyburn's new book, and when to see a decked out ...

Internet political engagement began with hope. It brought people together with common interests. It offered a forum for engagement and argument, even persuasion. Then something went wrong. Expression, ...

Spend any time scrolling through social media or news sites and it feels like America is a nation in constant argument. Offhand remarks often spark fierce screaming matches. Partisanship is up, Gallup ...

In November, a chasm opened in the middle of one of the most popular online reading spaces. It started after the election, as political chatter bled into BookTok. On one side of the app, readers ...