Polarization in the contemporary political and media landscape

AE Wilson, VA Parker, M Feinberg - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Affective polarization (political animosity) is rising in America and cannot be fully
explained by ideological polarization.•People's misperceptions of the ideological divide …

The Intergroup Value Protection Model: A theoretically integrative and dynamic approach to intergroup conflict escalation in democratic societies

M van Zomeren, C d'Amore, IL Pauls… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Scientific Abstract We review social-psychological evidence for a theoretically integrative
and dynamic model of intergroup conflict escalation within democratic societies. Viewing …

Fact-checking: A meta-analysis of what works and for whom

N Walter, J Cohen, RL Holbert, Y Morag - Political communication, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Despite its growing prominence in news coverage and public discourse, there is still
considerable ambiguity regarding when and how fact-checking affects beliefs. Informed by …

Divided by the vote: Affective polarization in the wake of the Brexit referendum

SB Hobolt, TJ Leeper, J Tilley - British Journal of Political Science, 2021 - cambridge.org
A well-functioning democracy requires a degree of mutual respect and a willingness to talk
across political divides. Yet numerous studies have shown that many electorates are …

[BOOK][B] Frenemies: How social media polarizes America

JE Settle - 2018 - books.google.com
Why do Americans have such animosity for people who identify with the opposing political
party? Jaime E. Settle argues that in the context of increasing partisan polarization among …

[BOOK][B] Religion and politics in the United States

KD Wald, A Calhoun-Brown - 2014 - books.google.com
From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

This one's for the boys: How gendered political socialization limits girls' political ambition and interest

AL Bos, JS Greenlee, MR Holman… - American Political …, 2022 - cambridge.org
This article develops and tests a new theoretical framework, gendered political socialization,
which offers important insights into how children perceive gender in politics and the …

Fake news agenda in the era of COVID-19: Identifying trends through fact-checking content

W Ceron, MF de-Lima-Santos, MG Quiles - Online social networks and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rise of social media has ignited an unprecedented circulation of false information in our
society. It is even more evident in times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Fact …

[CITATION][C] From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity

MF Margolis - 2018 - books.google.com
One of the most substantial divides in American politics is the “God gap.” Religious voters
tend to identify with and support the Republican Party, while secular voters generally …

[BOOK][B] Overdoing democracy: Why we must put politics in its place

RB Talisse - 2019 - books.google.com
We live in an age of political polarization. As political beliefs on the left and the right have
been pulled closer to the extremes, so have our social environments: we seldom interact …