The Normalization of Hatred: Identity, Affective Polarization, and Dehumanization on Facebook in the Context of Intractable Political Conflict
Our study uses a qualitative analysis of social media discourse on a Facebook page to demonstrate how the phenomena of affective polarization and dehumanization are manifested through participation in a homogeneous enclave, or echo chamber. We employ Northrup’s theory of identity in intractable conf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120913983 |