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Study finds growing social circles may fuel polarization

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-friends-division-social-circles-fuel.html

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More friends, more division: Study finds growing social circles may fuel polarization

Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five people. The connection between these two developments could provide a fundamental explanation for why societies around the world are increasingly fragmenting into ideological bubbles.

Didier Ruedin

@druedin@sciences.social · last month

Call for papers: Immigrant Exclusion and Solidarities in Times of Polarizing
Societies, SSA Conference 2-4 September 2026 in Fribourg, Switzerland; papers by 10 November 2025. https://www.sgs-sss.ch/de/forschungskomitees/migration-minderheiten/ #c4p #call #sociology #migration #Switzerland @sociology #migration #immigration #polarization #Solidarity #exclusion #populism #socialCohesion #belonging #qualitative #quantitative #experimental

Leave X - Protect Democracy

@leavex@mastodon.social · 8 months ago

"Changing the algorithm to make it benevolent rather than polarising is easy for those who control the platforms. Plenty of social media companies, — such as Pinterest, for example — allow people to engage and discuss ideas without promoting toxic content. While I feel regulation should be a last resort, in this case the industry has not self-regulated. (...)

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