Forty years ago, viewers who wanted to watch the news could only
choose from among the major broadcast networks, all of which
presented the same news without any particular point of view. Today
we have a much broader array of choices, including cable channels
offering a partisan take. With partisan programs gaining in
popularity, some argue that they are polarizing American politics,
while others counter that only a tiny portion of the population
watches such programs and that their viewers tend to already hold
similar beliefs. In How Partisan Media Polarize America, Matthew
Levendusky confirms - but also qualifies - both of these claims.
Drawing on experiments and survey data, he shows that Americans who
watch partisan programming do become more certain of their beliefs
and less willing to weigh the merits of opposing views or to
compromise. And while only a small segment of the American
population watches partisan media programs, those who do tend to be
more politically engaged, and their effects on national politics
are therefore far-reaching. In a time when politics seem doomed to
partisan discord, How Partisan Media Polarize America offers a
much-needed clarification of the role partisan media might play.
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