Tag: Polarization
3 reasons for information exhaustion – and what to do about...
Mark Satta, Wayne State University
An endless flow of information is coming at us constantly: It might be an article a friend shared on Facebook...
Fox News viewers write about ‘BLM’ the same way CNN viewers...
Mark Kamlet, Carnegie Mellon University; Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University
It’s no secret that U.S. politics has become highly...
Unlike US, Europe picks top judges with bipartisan approval to create...
David Orentlicher, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court immediately sparked a bitter partisan fight.
But choosing judges...
Philosophy and psychology agree – yelling at people who aren’t wearing...
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
There is strong scientific evidence that wearing a mask reduces the risk of transmitting the coronavirus....
Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy
Steven Webster, Indiana University
As the 2020 presidential election draws near, one thing is clear: America is an angry nation. From protests over persistent racial...
Think twice before shouting your virtues online – moral grandstanding is...
Joshua B. Grubbs, Bowling Green State University
In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree...
Think twice before shouting your virtues online – moral grandstanding is...
Joshua B. Grubbs, Bowling Green State University
In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree...
Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart
Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University
What happens to a country when its core national identity – its preferred image of itself in terms of race...