Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America

by Jaime E. Settle

Book Overview

Why do Americans have such animosity for people who identify with the opposing political party? Jaime E. Settle argues that in the context of increasing partisan polarization among American political elites, the way we communicate on Facebook uniquely facilitates psychological polarization among the American public. Frenemies introduces the END Framework of social media interaction. END refers to a subset of content that circulates in a social media...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108472532
• ISBN13: 9781108472531
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"