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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

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

SOURCES OF POLITICIANS\u2019 EXPRESSED AFFECTIVE POLARIZATION : IDEOLOGICAL EXTREMITY, ELECTORAL INCENTIVES, AND LEGISLATION PERFORMANCE

open access: yes, 2023
Politicians\u2019 expressed affective polarization has been considered an important but less studied factor that reflects their ideology and further influences emotions in the general public.
Ma, Siyuan
core   +1 more source

Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders   +4 more
wiley   +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

Political Social Identity Threat Predicts Increases in Affective Polarisation Over Time, but Not Changes in Well‐Being

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Affective polarisation, a growing hostility toward political outgroups, is a phenomenon rooted in social identity. Social identity threat—the expectation of experiencing some form of denigration based on a self‐relevant group identity—is thought to be a major driver of affective polarisation.
Brandon McMurtrie   +4 more
wiley   +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

Opinion Polarization in Korea

open access: yes, 2021
Although there is a growing concern that Korean politics become more extreme and polarized, previous studies find that there is no evidence for opinion polarization. This study extends the previous findings in three ways. First, I add the latest WVS wave
Lee, Changkeun
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Changing Minds in Times of War: An Intervention Tournament to Increase Public Support for Ending the Israel–Gaza War

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public opinion plays a central role in shaping conflict dynamics and influencing wartime policy. In this work, we examined which psychological intergroup interventions could increase public opposition to war. Building on research showing that instrumental reasoning and social identification are central, though not exhaustive, predictors of war‐
Ilana Ushomirsky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Longitudinal Comparison of the Effects of Election Outcomes on System Legitimacy in the United Kingdom and United States

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using three‐wave panel data from the United Kingdom (N = 604) and the United States (N = 512), we examined changes in system‐legitimization across the 2024 electoral cycle and whether trajectories differed for electoral winners and losers. In both countries, system‐legitimization increased after the election, suggesting that elections function
Evan A. Valdes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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