Politically polarized teams produce better work, analysis of Wikipedia finds
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 07:40
in Psychology & Sociology
Many studies have found that political polarization in the United States is rapidly increasing, particularly online, where echo chambers and social media have inflamed partisanship. But new research from the University of Chicago's Knowledge Lab of more than 200,000 Wikipedia pages finds that collaborations bridging the political spectrum produce higher-quality work than articles edited by moderate or one-sided teams.