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Jay Van Bavel

digital networks reliably produce identity-defensive, tribally organised, emotionally activating social behaviour1. Out-group animosity drives engagement on social media2.

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digital networks reliably produce identity-defensive, tribally organised, emotionally activating social behaviour

# A Comprehensive Map of Marshall McLuhan's Thought: Concept
“the convergent finding is that digital networks reliably produce identity-defensive, tribally organised, emotionally activating social behaviour — exactly the dystopian global village McLuhan described in 1977.”
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Out-group animosity drives engagement on social media

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“Rathje, Van Bavel & van der Linden (2021), "Out-group animosity drives engagement on social media," *PNAS* 118(26): a study of 2,730,215 posts from U.S. congressional members and news media accounts”
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