Political polarization is playing out in personal relationships, what I call fractured relationships. To end these and start to bring society together again, we need new tools. I’ve taken the social psychology literature on polarization and applied it to interpersonal relationships to create those t...
political psychologyradicalismPolarization is one of the biggest societal challenges of our time, yet its drivers are poorly understood. Here we propose a novel approach - computational political psychology - which uses behavioral tasks in combination with formal computational models to identify candidate ...
Ratings are king and the money keeps flowing, and partisanship is so strong today that people rely on a few sources absolutely instead of thinking critically. So even being a cheerleader for a gameshow-host president with no respect for the rule of law or America's reputation in the world ...
To my mind, application of the notion of polarization to a political crisis or conflict encourages one to withhold judgment about the truth claims and reasonability of each of the two sides to a dispute. Particularly in the case of the HCA, polarization is too simplistic a way of ...
it is important to acknowledge that employees have diverse political viewpoints. Political diversity means respecting different political opinions. Encouraging open and respectful discussions about political beliefs can enhance understanding and reduce polarization. It also promotes a culture where employees feel...
America’s founding fathers to try to design a strongman-proof democracy. Although 19th-century political thinkers such as Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill warned of the American system’s vulnerability to populist demagogues, for several centuries the checks and balances have more or ...
The causes of the Roman Empire's fall are disputable among historians. 12 Controversial Matters involving significant societal values or ethics. Debates over gun control laws are highly controversial in the United States. 9 Disputable Topics where additional research may provide resolution. The link ...
let’s consider an analogy where we think of life in America as a foot race. We start this race from the moment we are born and how far we get is a measure of our health, wealth, and status. Those who run the least distance over time are least successful and those who cover the ...
Five years after WWII, America is once again plunged into bloody battle. Robert Stack hosts this penetrating documentary about the war in Korea. WATCH NOW Citation Information Article Title What Caused the Korean War and Why Did the U.S. Get Involved?
The show has always had left- and right-wing politicians as hosts or drop-ins, not in spite of the state of polarization but because of it. Michaels wants SNL to be a sort of funhouse mirror of the culture and, as such, to reflect the whole country — or at least the whole ...