Focusing on a specific type of electoral manipulation, we hypothesize that ceteris paribus, political polarization is strongly associated with higher levels of government intimidation of the opposition. We expect this relationship to be stronger in democracies than in autocracies. Empirically, we create...
arative Perspective How Does Political Polarization Distort the Marketplace of Ideas? A Theory from a Comparative PerspectiveHow Does Political Polarization Distort the Marketplace of Ideas? A Theory from a Comparative PerspectiveHsu, Jimmy ChiaShin...
Social media inflames tribalism and makes democracy more difficult and unstable inmany ways. To name just a few: It accelerates the movement of citizens into informational bubbles and then poisons those bubbles with inflammatory stories and videos; it undermines trust in institutions and in fel...
How to Cite DEMERATH, J. (2014), RELIGION, POLITICS, AND POLARIZATION: HOW RELIGIOPOLITICAL CONFLICT IS CHANGING CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. By William V. D'Antonio, Steven A. Tuch, and Josiah R. Baker. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. vii + 159 pp. $70.00 cloth, $28...
Affective polarization—that is, personal dislike and distrust between Democrats and Republicans—is argued to arise, at least in part, from fewe
Zuckerberg is now seen as a champion of “democratizing tech” among Silicon Valley developers—just two years after he and his company were being questioned, and sometimes mocked, for going all in on the metaverse, and vilified for having contributed to political polarization, extremism, and ...
In his new book"The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization"(coming in June from Columbia University Press), Peter T. Coleman, co-executive director of theAdvanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity at Columbia University, examines conflict resolution, the importance...
For most families, it is not extremism that has entered their family, but the political polarization that has entered into the equation and has begun to tear at their relationships. I have heard many versions of this scenario playing out in households as I travel around America to report for...
Financial hardship for many, persistent poverty, and a dispirited populace that could be ripe for social and political unrest are just a few of the effects of income inequality. How Can We Fix Income Inequality? To reduce income inequality, governments and private sectors must address its various...
from a well-known company, such as Microsoft or Apple. They claim that the victim’s computer has a virus or other issue, and they need remote access to the computer to fix the problem. In reality, the fraudster is installing malware on the victim’s computer to collect sensitive ...