This chapter provides an overview of one framework that can help answer the questions: the
Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). It begins with a summary of the intellectual …

Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result,
people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal …

The unexpected rise of populist parties and candidates across developed democracies and
the recent uptick in political violence in countries such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India …

As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social
media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like …

It is often claimed that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are profoundly
sha** political participation, especially when it comes to protest behavior. Whether or not …

Individuals are not merely passive vessels of whatever beliefs and opinions they have been
exposed to; rather, they are attracted to belief systems that resonate with their own …

We estimated ideological preferences of 3.8 million Twitter users and, using a data set of
nearly 150 million tweets concerning 12 political and nonpolitical issues, explored whether …

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and acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics …

People often discount evidence that contradicts their firmly held beliefs. However, little is
known about the neural mechanisms that govern this behavior. We used neuroimaging to …

There are well-understood psychological limits on our capacity to process information. As
information proliferation—the consumption and sharing of information—increases through …