Media Bias and Political Polarization

Project manager: Ingar K. Haaland

Project Period: 2024 - 2027

PROJECT summary:

The project tries to understand how different reporting strategies by newspapers affect news demand, belief updating, and political polarization. The research employs cutting-edge methods like large-scale information provision experiments, mobile app data on news consumption linked to survey responses, and the use of recent developments in artificial intelligence. By unraveling the "black box" of news demand, this project seeks to offer profound insights into media consumption's role in shaping political views and polarization, potentially guiding the development of policies for a more informed and less polarized society.