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What We Thought Polarization Was And What We Think It Is Now – BCB #68

Also: America’s sick of politics, and it’s not Red vs. Blue but Indigo Blob vs. MAGA

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The Other Side is Always Better Organized – BCB #67

Also: Misinfo inoculation theory reconsidered, and Californians oppose cash reparations

Sep 21 •

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Do the Bots Have a Blue Bias? – BCB #66

Also: Unraveling the mind of the misinformer, and funeral directors are in; insurance salespeople out

Sep 15 •

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Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About This? Two Criminal Cases, Two Separate Media Realities – BCB #65

Also: Resources for talking with people different from us, and what fuels mass movements?

Sep 7 •

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August 2023

Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill: Free Speech on Campus [Podcast] - BCB #64

"Prepare students to be independent thinkers."

Aug 31 •

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Conservatives Consumed Most of the Misinformation on Facebook – BCB #63

Also: the partisan issue gap has increased over two decades; Utah leads in depolarization efforts.

Aug 24 •

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Why Red Is Still Going to Vote for Trump - BCB #62

Also: A growing backlash against ESG goals, and a new book on Nasty Politics

Aug 17 •

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Surprising Validators: Three Arguments You’d Usually Hear the Other Side Make – BCB #61

We’re more inclined to listen to opposing arguments when someone on our side says them. Such people have been called surprising validators, and the…

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July 2023

Americans Value Country Less but Community More - BCB #60

Also: Intergroup contact can modestly reduce conspiracy thinking, and Utah’s Governor almost said “better conflict.”

Jul 27 •

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Knowing Politicians’ Personal Lives May Reduce Polarization – BCB #59

Also: can you argue the other side of affirmative action? and why having too many aspiring elites could make conflict worse.

Jul 19 •

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Red is Divided Over LGBTQ+ Issues – BCB #58

Also: Should we assume people act in good faith? and a new book on the behavioral economics of polarization

Jul 15 •

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Support For “Patriotism” is Falling – BCB #57

Also: A secret New York party of Thought Criminals and the illusion of moral decline.

Jul 6 •

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