The exponential rise of information available means we can now, in theory, access
knowledge on almost any question we ask. However, as the amount of unverified …

Since the 1990s, the influence of the internet and social media in daily communication has
skyrocketed. This has brought both remarkable opportunities and perceived perils. Recent …

This article takes up the popular argument that much online discussion is toxic and hence
harmful to democracy, and argues that the pervasiveness of incivility is not incompatible with …

Undoubtedly, populist political candidates from the right and the left, including Donald
Trump and Bernie Sanders, changed the tenor and direction of the 2016 presidential contest …

Incivility in public discourse has become a pressing concern of citizens and scholars alike,
but most research has focused narrowly on incivility in elite discourse. The present study …

What does it mean to live in a superconnected society? In this new revised, updated edition
of Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life, Mary Chayko …

This study examined whether and how (in) civility and the presence of supporting evidence
in disagreeing comments influence individuals' attitude polarization. The study used a 2 …

Using 23 novel indicators and a 1,000+ sample representative of a full undergraduate
population we examined: how much consensus there was about perceptions of the …

The day after the election, the hate and darkness got to be too much. I unfriended nearly
everyone. Now I have three friends: my husband and children.... I do hold (Facebook) …

Though prior studies have analyzed the textual characteristics of online comments about
politics, less is known about how selection into commenting behavior and exposure to other …