▁show , ▁participants ▁were ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁persu aded ▁to ▁change ▁their ▁view point ▁on ▁the ▁topic ▁they ▁watched ▁( e ither ▁pay day ▁l ending ▁or ▁the ▁Fer g us on ▁protest s ) ▁to ▁one ▁that ▁was ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁opinion ▁expressed ▁by ▁Oliver . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁persu asion ▁experienced ▁by ▁the ▁participants ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁reduced ▁if ▁they ▁viewed ▁comments ▁by ▁Facebook ▁users ▁which ▁contrad icted ▁the ▁arguments ▁made ▁by ▁Oliver . ▁ ▁Research ▁has ▁also ▁shown ▁that ▁social ▁media ▁use ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁an ▁effect ▁on ▁polar ization ▁at ▁all . ▁A ▁U . S . ▁national ▁survey ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 3 2 ▁participants ▁conducted ▁by ▁Lee ▁et ▁al . ▁found ▁that ▁participants ▁who ▁used ▁social ▁media ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁exposed ▁to ▁a ▁diverse ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁and ▁amount ▁of ▁opinion ▁than ▁those ▁who ▁did ▁not , ▁although ▁using ▁social ▁media ▁was ▁not ▁correl ated ▁with ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁political ▁polar ization ▁for ▁these ▁participants . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁study ▁exam ining ▁the ▁potential ▁polar izing ▁effects ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁on ▁the ▁political ▁views ▁of ▁its ▁users , ▁Mih ail id is ▁and ▁Vi ot ty ▁suggest ▁that ▁a ▁new ▁way ▁of ▁eng aging ▁with ▁social ▁media ▁must ▁occur ▁to ▁avoid ▁polar ization . ▁The ▁authors ▁note ▁that ▁media ▁liter a cies ▁( des cribed ▁as ▁methods ▁which ▁give ▁people ▁skills ▁to ▁critique ▁and ▁create ▁media ) ▁are ▁important ▁to ▁using ▁social ▁media ▁in ▁a ▁responsible ▁and ▁product ive ▁way , ▁and ▁state