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Political Polarization Mechanics on Persian Twitter (X): A Social Network Analysis of the 2024 Iranian Presidential Election [PDF]

open access: yesCyberspace Studies
Background: The 2024 Iranian presidential election intensified political polarization on Persian Twitter (X), where ideological factions engaged in networked contestation.
Mahshid Shahidi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Polarization in Online Conversation: Twitter Users’ Opinions about the COVID-19 Pandemic Become More Politicized over Time

open access: yesHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2023
Political polarization on social media has been extensively studied. However, most research has examined polarization about topics that have preexisting associations with ideology, while few studies have tracked the onset of polarization about novel ...
Weize Zhao   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Modernization and the End of Ideology Debate: Patterns of Ideological Polarization [PDF]

open access: yesJapanese Journal of Political Science, 2006
Over 40 years ago, Daniel Bell made the provocative claim that ideological polarization was diminishing in Western democracies, but new ideologies were emerging and driving politics in developing nations. This article tests the End of Ideology thesis with a new wave of public opinion data from the World Values Survey (WVS) that covers over 70 nations ...
openaire   +1 more source

Persuasive Action and Ideological Polarization in Congress

open access: yesSocial Problems, 2021
AbstractWhat drives polarized voting in Congress? This article develops a persuasive action model which argues that polarization in Congress depends on the assertive capacities of social movements, the vulnerability of political officials, and the partisanship of the environments they represent.
openaire   +1 more source

Misunderstood Differences: Perception, Media, and Out-Group Animosity in Thailand

open access: yesJournal of East Asian Studies
In politically divided environments like Thailand, affective polarization (AP) and social distrust threaten democratic stability and hinder consensus-building.
Tanisa Tawichsri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Political Polarization and Noisein Spain's Investiture Debates (2000–2023)

open access: yesHistoria y Comunicación Social
This research analyzes political polarization in Spain between 2000 and 2023 through the examination of investiture debate speeches. Combining manual coding with automated text analysis in Python, 83 speeches were examined to track patterns of ...
Aurken Sierra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Media-driven polarization. Evidence from the US

open access: yesEconomics: Journal Articles, 2019
The authors use US data on media coverage of politics and individual survey data to document that citizens exposed to more politicized newspapers have more extreme political preferences.
Melki Mickael, Sekeris Petros G.
doaj   +1 more source

Ideology and affective polarization

open access: yes
To what extent does ideology matter for affective polarization? This chapter provides an overview of what we can learn from current research about the role of ideological differences, identities, and polarization in spurring intergroup animosity, asking (1) to what extent affective polarization is rooted in ideological differences and ideological ...
Emma Turkenburg, Patrick van Erkel
openaire   +3 more sources

The evolving study of political polarization [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

open access: yesOpen Research Europe
The study of political polarization has undergone significant conceptual and methodological evolution, progressing from early emphases on ideological divides toward a more complex understanding that incorporates affective, identity-based, digital, and ...
Gonzalo Velasco Arias   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polarization and Ideological Weaving in Twitter Discourse of Politicians

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2019
The form and functions of political discourse have considerably taken a new orientation with the evolving ways of communication. Twitter is a platform that is increasingly preferred by the political elites for the purpose of gaining public acclaim and ...
Farzana Masroor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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