Tweeting from left to right: Is online political communication more than an echo chamber?
We estimated ideological preferences of 3.8 million Twitter users and, using a data set of
nearly 150 million tweets concerning 12 political and nonpolitical issues, explored whether
online communication resembles an “echo chamber”(as a result of selective exposure and
ideological segregation) or a “national conversation.” We observed that information was
exchanged primarily among individuals with similar ideological preferences in the case of
political issues (eg, 2012 presidential election, 2013 government shutdown) but not many …
nearly 150 million tweets concerning 12 political and nonpolitical issues, explored whether
online communication resembles an “echo chamber”(as a result of selective exposure and
ideological segregation) or a “national conversation.” We observed that information was
exchanged primarily among individuals with similar ideological preferences in the case of
political issues (eg, 2012 presidential election, 2013 government shutdown) but not many …
