“change”. And apparently people were somewhat swayed by this romantic notion of a new President-elect riding his white horse into Washington and slaying the demons of partisanship and cynicism. The ugliness of how this health care bill has been pushed through should lay to rest any notions ...
It is important to differentiate between partisanship as “a psychological attachment to a particular party” (Samuels, 2006a: 1) and party membership. 30. This number is much higher than the average of 20 European democracies (4.99 %) at the end of the 1990s (Mair & Van Biezen, 2003: ...
Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1.ethnocentrism- belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group partisanship,partiality- an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
He said the results were a “loud and clear message that partisanship isn’t welcome on the school board.” Conservative leaders agreed their voters weren’t motivated this election cycle, but they don’t agree that it’s due to a rejection of partisanship. “I know the Left will spin ...
1.(Grammar)grammarindicating that a noun involved in a construction refers only to a part or fraction of what it otherwise refers to. The phrasesome of the butteris a partitive construction; in some inflected languages it would be translated by the genitive case of the noun ...
“Partisanship is one of the most well-documented predictors of climate change policy support and remains one of (if not the) largest barriers to comprehensive federal policies in the United States.” As a case in point, Gustafson et al. (2019) observed that public opinion on the Green New...
Firstly, what do I mean by the term “fudging” in the context of this blog post? to present or deal with (something) in a vague or inadequate way, especially so as to conceal the truth or mislead and/or to adjust or manipulate (facts or figures) so as to present a desired picture...
term [45] or not effective at all [46]. Warnings may have a meaningful immediate impact but may not maintain this effect in the long term, as the misinformation and correct information become more and more dissociated over time [45]. This is partly due to human memory functions. Once the...
This allows interested parties to implement early strategies that can help to manage its damage. A wide range of measures can be adopted for countering fake news, some in the medium or long term, others for immediate reaction in a crisis, such as rumour rebuttal and content removal. Examples...
This chapter accounts for the energising role of feel- ings in relation to false information throughout the civic body. Using feel- ings as a catch-all term to describe affects, emotions and moods, as well as reactions to stimuli we may not be aware of, we start by charting the ...