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“Just how much partisan discrimination occurs generally is difficult to estimate, especially given that people will often put politics aside to maintain their social relationships (Carlson & Settle, 2022;Cowan & Baldassarri, 2018).”
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“This could result in pluralistic ignorance (an exaggerated appearance of homogeneity) because only certain political views are expressed, and disagreement is suppressed233–236.”
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- Authors
- Cowan, S. K., & Baldassarri, D.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cowan, Sarah K.
- Venue
- Social Networks
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-01
- Volume
- 52
- Pages
- 1-17
- ISSN
- 0378-8733 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2623030500
- Cited by
- 169
- References
- 111
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 77 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 13.36
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- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Keywords
- selective disclosure, political attitudes, opinion exchange, social influence, political polarization, social homogeneity, conflict avoidance, political debate, democratic process
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