Verified users on social media networks drive polarization and the formation of echo chambers, study finds
When X (formerly Twitter) changed its verification system in 2022, many foresaw its potential to impact the spread of ...
Study finds local governments are less polarized despite national political divisions
Local governments are uniquely able to combat growing national polarization, according to a new study out Wednesday from the ...
How political polarization fuels voter anxiety
The National’s Adrienne Arsenault speaks with Jennifer McCoy, an expert in political polarization, about the growing divide ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education2d
On Polarization and the Study of History
In the last few months, two rich essays have appeared looking back at a series of flare-ups, since 2019 or so, in the ...
Foreign Affairs1d
The New Polarization in Latin America: Sources, Dynamics, and Implications for Democracy
This outstanding special issue of a leading scholarly journal explores recent trends in political polarization in the Western Hemisphere and worldwide.
Megastudy tests crowdsourced ideas for reducing political polarization
Showing sympathetic figures with differing beliefs, discussed over a drink. Highlighting a shared identity. Correcting ...
Why are millions more New Yorkers getting a flu shot than the COVID vaccine? What we know.
Nearly 10.4M New Yorkers, or 53%, got the flu shot last year. Only about 12% got the COVID shot. Here's why, how officials ...
Americans agree on more than the current political climate suggests. Political violence is still on the rise.
Federal officials said some of the disinformation that pulls Americans apart are coordinated campaigns by foreign countries ...
Atomic sensors unveil hidden dynamics of molecular polarization
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has long been a cornerstone of modern medicine, providing highly detailed images of internal ...
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Dielectric metamaterials with effective self-duality and full-polarization omnidirectional brewster effect
Maxwell’s equations in vacuum present self-duality symmetry, but in materials this symmetry is broken, leading to ...
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Media divides: Political polarization in news shapes American public health
The American lifestyle is far from a picture of health — this is no secret. Social media posts joke about the American diet, ...
‘There’s more harmony in curiosity’: DBT experts share strategies for navigating political polarization
Dr. Blaise Aguirre and Dr. Gillian Galen, authors of the new DBT Workbook for Dummies, join Morning Joe to discuss how ...