{"273331":{"#nid":"273331","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The long-term effects of ugly political discussions on Facebook","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPolitical discussions on Facebook are, in fact, undermining both people\u2019s relationships and use of the website. A new study from researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology \u003Cstrong\u003E(Catherine Grevet and Eric Gilbert in the comp.social lab) \u003C\/strong\u003Eand the Univeristy of Minnesota\u0026nbsp;found that users who try to talk about politics on Facebook are often surprised by the political opinions of their acquaintances. And researchers say that a diverse set of opinions among a user\u0027s friends makes everyone want to speak up less.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/business\/2014\/01\/the-long-term-effects-of-ugly-political-discussions-on-facebook\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ears technica\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2014-02-04 11:30:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:56","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"trauma recall","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/business\/2014\/01\/the-long-term-effects-of-ugly-political-discussions-on-facebook\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10835","name":"Facebook"},{"id":"4887","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"3177","name":"politics"},{"id":"167543","name":"social media"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}