Boxell et al.'s acknowledgment of theoretical spillover channels does not provide evidence that spillovers from young social media users to
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abstract: Boxell et al.'s acknowledgment of theoretical spillover channels does not provide evidence that spillovers from young social media users to elderly non-users occurred at sufficient magnitude to account for the observed demographic pattern.
text: Boxell et al.'s acknowledgment of theoretical spillover channels does not provide evidence that spillovers from young social media users to elderly non-users occurred at sufficient magnitude to account for the observed demographic pattern.
date created: 2026-05-08T23:29:26.189Z
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text: Boxell et al.'s acknowledgment of theoretical spillover channels does not provide evidence that spillovers from young social media users to elderly non-users occurred at sufficient magnitude to account for the observed demographic pattern.

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text: Boxell et al. (2017) acknowledge spillover channels as a theoretical possibility but present the demographic pattern as evidence arguing against internet-driven polarization.

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text: Boxell et al. (2024) conclude that US polarization trends are most consistent with US-specific factors like changing party composition, racial divisions, and partisan cable news.

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text: Boxell (2020) finds demographic change explains only 34% of polarization index change, but the remaining 66% encompasses all non-demographic factors including cable TV and elite polarization, not specifically algorithmic effects.

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