El papel de los medios de comunicación en contextos de polarización afectiva: una revisión sistemática de la literatura
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Research on affective polarization is at its peak. Causes that intensify or mitigate the affective polarization environments in the contemporary democracies, as well as their consequences, remain the subject of debate. What is the relationship between the mass media and social media and affective polarization climates? Traditional and social media are inserted into a macro structure in which circulate the bulk of the political information that can be consumed, so it is necessary an examination of their role. This systematic literature review addresses all articles in the Web of Science database on the subject without restrictions (N=73). After reading the articles, the main evidence, trends, consensus, and disagreements on the subject, as well as recommendations for future researchers, are presented. The results point to minimal and heterogeneous media effects in researchs very focused on polarizing rather than depolarizing effects. It should be noted that there is greater heterogeneity and partisan moderation in information consumption than expected.
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Predominan los estudios centrados en la polarización provocada por los medios.
“Dada la predominancia de los estudios centrados en la polarización provocada por los medios (Cuéllar-Rivero, 2024; Kubin y Sikorski, 2021)”
From Dieta mediática y polarización afectiva en un sistema mediático pluralista polarizado: un estudio longitudinal de España (2026) · cites this paper as Cuéllar-Rivero, 2024
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Cuéllar Rivero, R. (2026) · Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas · doi:10.5477/cis/reis.194.25-44
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“…2012), el estudio reconoce la diferencia entre los medios de comunicación tradicionales (la radio, la televisión, los periódicos) y los medios sociales o social media (Cuéllar Rivero, 2024), integrados por redes sociales, blogs, prensa digital y plataformas online de videos en directo.”
- Authors
- Cuéllar Rivero, R.
- Venue
- Revista Española de Ciencia Política
- Published
- 2024-03-25
- Pages
- 179-201
- ISSN
- 1575-6548 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4393144521
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 2.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- es
- Open access
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- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Revista Española de Ciencia Política (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Keywords
- affective polarization, mass media, social media, media influence, depolarization, political information, democratic society
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