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References and Additional Reading

Pew Research Center, “Partisanship and Political Animosity in 2016”
http://www.people-press.org/2016/06/22/partisanship-and-political-animosity-in-2016/

Axios, “The recent explosion of right-wing news sites”
https://www.axios.com/the-partisan-explosion-of-digital-news-2279022772.html

Jonathan Albright, The #Election2016 Micro-Propaganda Machine
https://medium.com/@d1gi/the-election2016-micro-propaganda-machine-383449cc1fba#.gjvlo6j1k