Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine::Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.
You are absolutely right about repetition being key in how people are radicalized. It spreads through a social contagion effect, in which one is repeatedly exposed to extremism and this is reinforced by members of the in-group.
You can see the citations for this claim in the beginning of this article I published after doing my own research (hahaha).
I have ads turned off and don’t benefit from my blog. Just started it to have information ready to counter misinformation I come across online.