Partisan Conflict on Social Media: Empirical Evidence and Policy Challenges

Juan Morales and Anne E. Wilson

EconPol Forum, 2025, vol. 26, issue 04, 52-57

Abstract: Key Messages:Social media exploits human biases, heightening the visibility and spread of negative, extreme, and divisive contentPublic opinion and norms are distorted by disproportionately active fringe voices while moderates are mutedPoliticians adapt to incentives, increasing incivility, moralization, and out-group demonizationPreferences for content moderation differ by users’ ideology, complicating regulation and risking ideological bias in discoursePlatforms alone may not be able to reverse a self-perpetuating spiral of divisiveness – education and policy thus play a crucial role

Date: 2025
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