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Editorial: Affective polarization in comparative perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Political Science, 2023 Published online: 23 January 2023The proliferation of research on affective polarization started about a decade ago when Iyengar et al. (2012) brought this hitherto very sparsely used concept under the spotlight.
Mariano Torcal +2 more
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Perceiving Affective Polarization in the United States: How Social Media Shape Meta-Perceptions and Affective Polarization [PDF]
Social Media + SocietyAffective polarization is on the rise, not least in the United States. Recent scholarship has identified meta-perceptions, concerning how much opposing partisans think they dislike each other, as a potential driver of actual interparty animosity.
Christian Staal Bruun Overgaard
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Regional inequalities as drivers of affective polarization [PDF]
Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2022 This paper investigates divergences in levels of affective polarization across Belgian regions around the 2019 elections. Elaborating on the relative deprivation theory, we analyse the role of current and long-term socio-economic regional inequalities ...
Luca Bettarelli, Emilie Van Haute
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The impact of emotions on polarization. Anger polarizes attitudes towards vaccine mandates and increases affective polarization [PDF]
Research & Politics, 2022 When does anger lead to greater polarization? As societal polarization and political polarization increase so does academic interest in its antecedents. One important cause of polarization appears to be anger. However, existing research linking anger and
Christoph G. Nguyen +2 more
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Political Self-Confidence and Affective Polarization. [PDF]
Public Opin QAbstractEven among those who share the same partisan commitments, some people say they despise the opposing party while others report far less animosity. Why are some people more likely to express hostility toward the opposing political party? We explore how individual-level differences in feelings of self-confidence fuel out-party animosities. Drawing
Stapleton CE, Wolak J.
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Dynamics of sociopolitical polarization and effects of misperception-correcting information around the 2022 Brazilian elections [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAffective polarization is little-studied in systems that present ambiguity in relevant political groups. We assess dynamic patterns in intergroup liking and perceived intelligence over 5 waves of a pre-registered survey with 4 panel waves (N ≃ 2,000-3 ...
Anna Petherick +4 more
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A regional perspective to the study of affective polarization
European Journal of Political Research, 2023 Abstract This research note investigates the scope of regional variations in levels of affective polarization across Europe and contrasts it with national scores to highlight the theoretical and empirical interest of a disaggregated approach.
Luca Bettarelli +2 more
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Populism and affective polarization [PDF]
Both populism and affective polarization have received ample attention from political scientists over the past two decades. Examining these concepts side by side highlights the similar dualistic ‘Us versus Them’ dynamic that underpins both. At the core of populism, as it is most commonly defined, is a Manichean antagonism between the good people and ...
Nayantara Ranganatha +2 more
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Polarization and health-related behaviors and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review [PDF]
SSM: Population HealthObjective: Political and affective polarization are different, but related concepts, which can shape trust in authorities, interpretation of health messages, and health behaviors and outcomes.
Aziz Mert Ipekci +6 more
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Social Media + Society, 2020 Our study uses a qualitative analysis of social media discourse on a Facebook page to demonstrate how the phenomena of affective polarization and dehumanization are manifested through participation in a homogeneous enclave, or echo chamber.
Tal Orian Harel +2 more
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