Apr 17 2009
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“ Pew found that while nearly half of online political consumers visited five or more distinct types of online news site, they preferred to visit sites that matched their own political viewpoints, rather than sites with no point of view. This was particularly true for young people and the most engaged. Furthermore, the preference for partisan sources of information has grown between 2004 and 2008, especially amongst young people, showing that fragmentation concerns may be much more relevant today than they were a decade ago
