Quoted: “I think a lot of people now perceive politics as even more acrimonious and sort of distasteful than they might have before social media,” UW Journalism Professor Chris Wells told 27 News.
Professor Wells researches the growing impact of social media on politics. He said people who comment or post a lot about politics share many of the same traits.
“Some research has traced their personality type to people who are really low in conflict avoidance. So they don’t mind getting in a fight. In fact, they even get a little bit of an adrenaline rush from it,” said Professor Wells.