Social Media Fuels Polarization in Muslim Countries
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61506/01.00046Keywords:
Social media, political polarization, religiously, fake and emotional contentAbstract
The majority of People are Polarize online in Muslim countries of world. It is very easy to create polarize groups with the use of Social Media. The purpose of the study to measures Polarization and the echo chamber feature of Social Media in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The results suggested that Social Media Polarization extreme form is existed and also confirmed that Social Media new Algorithms creating echo chambers. The interesting results suggested that our respondent wants diversity not echo chamber. People are politically Polarize because of fake and emotional content. It is the responsibility of the Social Media companies to watch for this type of content which makes people divide socially, religiously, and politically.
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