Echo Chamber Concepts
When someone encounters only politically similar news and discussion.
What is an echo chamber?
This traditional media mix (TV, radio, print) showed no link with right-wing populist support.
What is offline/traditional media use?
Whether respondents had this account was included as a control variable.
What is Twitter account ownership?
In the U.S. survey, support for this Republican in November 2016 served as the proxy for right-wing populism.
Who is Donald Trump?
The two dimensions used to operationalize echo chambers.
What are information and discussion?
Greater consumption of this type of media was linked to lower likelihood of voting for Trump.
What is online news consumption?
The three Western democracies surveyed in April–May 2017.
What are the United States, the United Kingdom, and France?
About what percent of UK respondents reported discussing politics offline only with like-minded people.
What is 49%?
This dimension captures never seeing counter-attitudinal viewpoints via traditional or online media.
What is the informational dimension of echo chambers?
Homogeneous discussion in this realm did not predict support for populist candidates.
What are social-media echo chambers?
The statistical method used to model Trump support in the U.S. data.
What is logistic regression?
This French candidate scored 3.888 on the cultural populism index—the highest in the study.
Who is Marine Le Pen?