Are Media Echo Chambers As Big As We Think?

Published: March 10, 2021, 5 p.m.

b'We\\u2019re constantly told that we\\u2019re trapped in media \\u201cecho chambers\\u201d, that our media diets mirror our political leanings. But what do the data say? Is it possible that a majority of us have a much more moderate media diet than we assume?\\n\\nA new paper by Andrew Guess, Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton, provides a completely unique data set that complicates our assumptions about America\\u2019s \\u201cecho chambers\\u201d and media diets.'