We are witnessing increasing partisan polarization across the world. It is often argued that
partisan “echo chambers” are one of the drivers of both policy and affective polarization. In …

In multiparty contexts, we know that affective polarization tends to cluster in ideological
blocs, although the factors driving this process are still quite unexplored. In this paper, we …

This paper aims to contribute to the nascent field of research on affective polarisation in
liberal democracies by reflecting on the conceptual ambiguities as well as potentials …

Why do some individuals feel hostility and express bias against supporters of other political
parties? Drawing on intergroup threat theory, we examine the role of emotions as a …

Affective polarization, a concept that originated in the USA, has increasingly been studied in
Europe's multi-party systems. This form of polarization refers to the extent to which party …

Does media diet diversity influence affective polarisation of the public? To test this
hypothesis we analyse data from Spain, which like other South European countries has a …

One overlooked aspect of the rising levels of affective polarization is its effect on general
social trust. In the present article, we analyze the relationship between affective polarization …

Increasing expression of antagonism toward immigrants has turned immigration into one of
the most polarizing issues in many countries, among them Finland, dividing people into …

Because the debate over the sources of affective polarization has so far mostly focused on
the US case, scholars have rarely considered whether the politicization of ethnic differences …

Previous studies have reported that political competition increases partisan affective
polarisation. We test this hypothesis using the four waves of a survey on affective …