What Is Confirmation Bias? Wishful thinking Imagine that you have tried to reach a friend (with whom you have an ambivalent relationship) by phone (or email), leaving messages, yet have not received a call in return. In situation like this, it is easy to jump to conclusions in an intuitive manner that your friend wants... Continue Reading →
Can a divided America Heal
Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. Jonathan Haidt talks about our bias in information and looking for facts that confirm our baises. in psychology, a thing called confirmation... Continue Reading →
No more Democrats or Republicans: A Simple Plan to Dismantle the Two-Party System
Bo Peabody is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Internet executive who co-founded Tripod.com, one of the earliest dot-coms, in 1992. as a strong political advocate for independence in voting, Peabody pushes for freedom from party based voting. this article is slightly Utopian in nature. Peabody like many others, argues that as independent voters we have... Continue Reading →
Hyper-partisanship
not sure who exactly wrote this.... this article offers another great reason as to how politics became so divided. the term hyper partisanship is a good gauge of the increasingly volatile party system. in the article is goes into specifics on when and how the parties started to divide after a period of convergence. the... Continue Reading →
InfoGraphics
In 2016, Americans express a clear preference for getting their news on a screen – though which screen that is varies. TV remains the dominant screen, followed by digital. Still, TV news use is dramatically lower among younger adults, suggesting further shake-ups to come. These InfoGraphics were put out by PEW Research in 2014. The Pew... Continue Reading →
The Two Factors Behind our Polarized Politics
This post is written by Jeff Stonecash. Jeffrey M. Stonecash is Maxwell Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University and the author of Political Polling: Strategic Information in Campaigns. He has Masters in Political Science and Economics and a Ph. D. Although a little shorter, the article gives good insight on how it happens and what... Continue Reading →
Philanthropy in a Time of Polarization
Steven M. Teles is Assistant Professor of Politics at Brandeis University. He has published books and articles on a wide range of topics including welfare, affirmative action, devolution in the UK and EU. He received his PhD in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia in 1995, and his BA in political science from... Continue Reading →
Does “Fake News” Pose a Significant Problem for Democracy?
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Robb Willer- How to Have Better Political Conversations
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Political Polarization 