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Canadian polarized, but social media use likely not the culprit: study
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Published: 23 September 2019
September 12, 2019 | Social media might not be to blame for Canadians鈥 ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. 鈥淎 lot of people don鈥檛 use social media very actively,鈥 said Eric Merkley, a researcher on the project. 鈥淧eople on Twitter are not representative of the broader population.鈥