by jpitney | Aug 6, 2020 | Civil Rights, Civility, Presidency
Daniel Stid: It turns out that Lewis had not come to George W. Bush’s inauguration in 2001 either. But that didn’t keep Bush from going to and offering a heartfelt eulogy at Lewis’s funeral in which the former President noted, “John and I had our...
by jpitney | Aug 5, 2020 | Civility, Coronavirus
The Deseret News: Practicing civility will create the best environment for persuasion. Studies show story-telling and open-minded conversations are powerful tools that connect two parties on a neurological level. A presumption of decency is as useful as anything in...
by jpitney | Aug 4, 2020 | Journalism, Mass Media, Public Opinion
From the Knight Foundation: For the 2020 American Views survey, Gallup and Knight polled more than 20,000 U.S. adults and found deepening pessimism and further partisan entrenchment about how the news media delivers on its democratic mandate for factual, trustworthy...
by jpitney | Aug 3, 2020 | Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Jesse M. Crosson Alexander C. Furnas Timothy Lapira Casey Burgat, “Partisan Competition and the Decline in Legislative Capacity among Congressional Offices,” Legislative Studies Quarterly. The abstract: Since the 1990s, members of the US House have...
by jpitney | Aug 1, 2020 | Civility
From the Civility Project: Celebrated journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson have been longtime friends, despite their different perspectives on pretty much everything. The one thing they agree on is the importance of their friendship—which includes a healthy...
