Reducing Opinion Polarization:
Effects of Exposure to Similar People With Differing Political Views

By Stefano Balietti, Lise Getoor, Daniel G. Goldstein, and Duncan J. Watts

11 pages

… feeling close to the match is associated with an 86% increase in the probability of assimilation of political views. Our analysis also uncovers an asymmetry: Interacting with someone with opposite views greatly reduced feelings of closeness; however, interacting with someone with consistent views only moderately increased them.

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Published in 2021 in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by National Academies Press, Washington D.C..

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    title={{R}educing {O}pinion {P}olarization: {E}ffects of {E}xposure to {S}imilar {P}eople {W}ith {D}iffering {P}olitical {V}iews},
    author={Stefano Balietti and Lise Getoor and Daniel G. Goldstein and Duncan J. Watts},
    publisher={National Academies Press},
    address={Washington D.C.},
    year=2021,
    month=dec,
    journal={The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
    volume=118,
    number=52,
    pagecount=11,
    keywords={social,politics,social-media,ideology,advertising},
    doi={10.1073/pnas.2112552118},
    openalex_id={W4200428383},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719860}
}

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