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Political content and news are polarized but other content is not in YouTube watch histories

Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2023
Research on ideological biases and polarization on social media platforms primarily focuses on news and political content. Non-political content, which is vastly more popular, is often overlooked.
Magdalena Wojcieszak, Rong-Ching (Anna) Chang, Ericka Menchen-Trevino   +2 more
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Ideological Polarization, Sticky Information, and Policy Reforms [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
We develop a dynamic two-party political economy framework, in which parties seek to maximize vote share and face the trade-off between catering to their respective core constituencies on the one hand and ?middle of the road? voters with no partisan affiliation on the other hand. In contrast to ideology-driven individuals, ?middle of the road?
Tomer Blumkin, Volker Grossmann
openaire   +3 more sources

A Study on linguistic strategies of dysphemistic mimesis in “Mathnavi Ma'navi” [PDF]

Literary Arts, 2019
By Naming their book as "language as Shield and Weapon", Allan and Burridge refer to two pragma-linguistic functions of a text: euphemistic language as shield and dysphemistic language as weapon.
Raziyeh Hojatizadeh
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The Role of Educational Institutions in Countering Political Polarization: Building Inclusive Communities and Civic Engagement

Qalamuna, 2022
Political polarization has become increasingly prevalent worldwide, posing significant challenges to social cohesion, democratic governance, and civic participation.
Muhtar Muhtar, Budi Setiyono, Fitriyah Fitriyah, Nur Hidayat Sardini   +3 more
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Voting Advice Applications and Their Impact on Ideological and Affective Polarization

Politics and Governance
Political polarization has been one of the most researched topics in political science over the past few years. While many scholars focus on the factors that foster ideological and affective polarization, less is known about the drivers of depolarization.
Maxime Walder, Jan Fivaz, Daniel Schwarz
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From ideological congruence to satisfaction with democracy: how leverage can mitigate the ill-effects of party polarization

Political Research Exchange, 2023
The impact of party polarization on voter satisfaction is disputed. While a direct negative effect is expected, polarization has also been found to clarify party policies, with indirect positive impact. This Note proposes a more direct source of positive
Luana Russo, Mark Franklin, Stefanie Beyens   +2 more
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Behavior-induced identity inferences, politico-ideological polarization and the emergence of sociolinguistically marked terms

Lexique
This paper investigates behavior-induced identity inferences (as exemplified by phenomena such as virtue signaling), and their implications for politico-ideological polarization and the emergence of linguistic forms associated with specific ...
Gerhard Schaden
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Climate Change Disinformation on Social Media: A Meta-Synthesis on Epistemic Welfare in the Post-Truth Era

Social Sciences
Climate change disinformation has emerged as a substantial issue in the internet age, affecting public perceptions, policy response, and climate actions.
Essien Oku Essien
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
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Polarization but not populism strengthens the association between presidential election results and emotions

Political Science Research and Methods
We investigate whether election results are associated with emotional reactions among voters across democracies and under what conditions these responses are more intense.
Dahjin Kim, Taishi Muraoka, Christopher Lucas, Jacob M. Montgomery, Margit Tavits   +4 more
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