Axios: “The Trump administration’s fight to question the election’s outcome is providing a massive field test of the effectiveness of online echo chambers and filter bubbles. So far, the evidence from the Trump universe shows partisan delusion winning out over objective reality. That belief may be fast on its way to becoming GOP orthodoxy. A full 86% of Trump voters polled Nov. 8 to 10 didn’t believe Joe Biden had legitimately won, the Economist and YouGov found. ‘Filter bubbles’ and ‘echo chambers’ are both names for the idea that partisans use the internet to create preferred alternate versions of truth, tuning in to strident voices on their side and ignoring contradictory information.”
“Social networks and cable news networks show users material that aligns with their worldviews, and users in turn seek out public figures and communities to reinforce those views. If millions of citizens finish the year believing — without proof or even evidence — that the rightful leader of the nation has been deposed in a coup, the U.S. could face long-term instability and a deepening crisis of legitimacy.”