This survey popped up on my Faeebook feed today and I found it particularly interesting since it is about media and the presidential election (sound familiar?)
The survey will require access to your birth date and likes on Facebook - but since it is done by a student at Yale, I felt OK with that.
There are a bunch of general questions about media and sources and political leanings. Somewhere near the end of the survey it will ask if you want it to analyze the partisanship of the media sources you like.
I'm liberal.
Go figure.
The analysis isn't rocket science, we (at least in this class!) know which media outlets lean left and right. Nevertheless it's signifiant because 1.) someone is studying this and 2.) it's causing people to think about the types of places they get their news.
Also, there is a section where it asks if you would be willing to like mystery Facebook pages in order to broaden your media horizons. I went ahead and liked all four. Two of then were Fox and Breitbart; I haven't figured out the other two.
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