New book explores how America gets its news
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Many Americans get their information on politics not from the news, but from social media, or even friends and family. What does that mean for our democracy?
A new book "Through The Grapevine: Socially Transmitted Information and Distorted Democracy." takes a deep dive into this and its author joins the program today.
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Taylor Carlson
Author, "Through The Grapevine:Socially Transmitted Information and Distorted Democracy."
Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington University