Social media as a driver for political polarisation

Social media, in comparison to conventional media, can easily promote the establishment of substantial personal networks. Because a significant percentage of the population uses social media to create content, access information, and connect with others on a regular basis, online platforms are recognized influencers of users’ habits. It has been proven that the interchangeability of social feeds may have an impact on users’ online expressions and real-world behaviors and that these are susceptible to early social influence (1). This premature phenomenon often contributes to the creation of echo chambers, homogeneously systematized information environments regularly linked with fundamentalist ideologies and the