This study indicates a need for more research on the impact of personalized information systems. Scholars in the public opinion and selective exposure literatures have argued that personalized systems may foster polarization. These result indicate that these fears might be overstated. Future studies should continue to focus on answering the questions raised in this debate as the information environment is unmistakably becoming more diverse and harder to control in systematic ways. People may also not be fully aware of the implications of some of their information habits, and these issues may become more prominent given further technological innovation. This study has demonstrated a link between personalized system use and increased news acquisition. Undeniably, news and public information have gotten more convenient and easier to access compared with the mass communication era. Questions remain about the quality and character of the information that people are finding, or that finds its way to them. Furthermore, this study does not speak to information-processing strategies that may or may not be used after news exposure.