Some contemporary satire prioritises affirming the prejudices of its partisan audience over delivering the democratic benefits it once promised.
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Conversations don’t immediately change people’s minds, but they can eventually. And in the meantime, they help forge real connections across a diverse and complex society.
When people cut personal, interracial or interreligious ties because of political differences, the societal impact can be the same as forced segregation.
Misinformation will continue to strain society in 2022 as the lines between misinformation and political speech blur, cynicism grows and the lack of regulation allows misinformation to flourish.
An analysis of the expressions used by Donald Trump to designate Covid-19 sheds light on his political calculations and on the evolution of his relationship with China in recent weeks.
In the United States, liberals and conservatives do not only differ politically. They also live separate lives in the physical world.
The midterm elections have put America’s political divide front and center, increasingly invading the work space and stressing out employees.
Nearly half of Americans say they see a great deal of bias in the news media. But the research on this subject is unresolved.
We can disagree with co-workers in meetings. We can argue about sports with friends. A new study explores why politics seems to be an entirely different beast.
There’s a new way to reveal America’s political divide. One researcher finds the differences between groups that are normally crudely described as ‘right-left’ can be better explained by word clouds.
The way people use social media – and the algorithms inside those systems – increases passions, and drives people to polarizing extremes.
Europeans are, on average, more likely than Americans to say they fear climate change. What explains the gap?
A scholar from Alabama’s Auburn University at Montgomery explains how Republicans have slowly but utterly taken over Alabama politics, even while squabbling amongst themselves.
Teach for America was created to bring more resources to disadvantaged communities. New research shows that the participants also learn a few things.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Professor of Geography, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Auburn University at Montgomery
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Professor of Organization Behavior, Florida State University
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Assistant Professor of Communication and Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University