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Through the Grapevine Socially Transmitted Information and Distorted Democracy (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

Taylor N. Carlson

An enlightening examination of what it means when Americans rely on family and friends to stay on top of politics. Accurate information is at the heart of democratic functioning. For decades, researchers interested in how information is disseminated have focused on mass media, but the reality is th...

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The Ezra Klein Show

Klein described this forthcoming work as examining the errors that arise when we rely on others for political news.

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It's a book called Through the Grapevine, which is a book about what happens when we count on other people to tell us about political news, how people get it wrong, and what ends up happening if that'...

— Episode: The Biggest Political Divide Is Not Left...

Episode: The Biggest Political Divide Is Not Left vs. Right

Klein described this forthcoming work as examining the errors that arise when we rely on others for political news.

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It's a book called Through the Grapevine, which is a book about what happens when we count on other people to tell us about political news, how people get it wrong, and what ends up happening if that's who we are dependent on.

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