Americans today are affectively polarized: they dislike and distrust those from the opposing
political party more than they did in the past, with damaging consequences for their …

" It's December 4th, nearly a month after a contentious election, and Joe is just beginning a
typical Thursday. Living in a big city means he can take public transit to work, and that's what …

Social media is thought to play a pivotal role in increasing animosity between opposing
partisans, ie, affective polarization. This study focuses on one context that is assumed to …

While scholars have long recognized that social networks impact political engagement for
partisans, comparatively little work has examined the role of networks for independent …

Democratic theorists delineate several requirements for mass publics in democratic
societies. These include holding policy preferences, deliberating over competing viewpoints …

Discussion and deliberation have long been upheld as cornerstone activities of functioning
democracies (Habermas 1991; Fishkin 1991). For a democracy to flourish, both mass …

Der Beitrag ist folgendermaßen gegliedert: Im zweiten Abschnitt werden einige zentrale
Begriffe definiert, die für das Verständnis der Wahl-und Einstellungsforschung generell wie …

This study examines the role of partisan social bonding and bridging in the new digital
media era to provide a theoretical proposition for the unprecedentedly polarized 2020 …

This dissertation explores the social dimensions of people that differentially predispose them
to participate in politics. Politics is inherently social, yet crucial social interaction dispositions …

Political discussions—especially when they involve disagreement—can decrease polar-
ization and better inform the public. Yet people are strongly averse to them. We propose that …