by jpitney | Dec 13, 2019 | Deliberation, Internet, Polarization, Social Media, Viewpoint Diversity
Samuel J. Abrams at AEI: Despite statements by Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg that he was changing the mission of his company to “bring the world closer together,” data from the recent AEI survey on Community and Society make it abundantly clear that social...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Technology
Recommendations of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Making Congress More Effective, Efficient and Transparent Streamline the bill-writing process to save time and reduce mistakes. Finalize a new system that allows the American people to...
by jpitney | Nov 20, 2019 | Budget, Congress, Deliberation, Uncategorized
From the American Political Science Association Task Force on Congressional Reform: [The] main areas of consensus concerned ways to improve congressional capacity through increased personal and committee staffing, as well as expanded funding for existing support...
by jpitney | Nov 15, 2019 | Deliberation, Statistics, Uncategorized
From Facts USA: Each year, USAFacts conducts a poll to assess how Americans feel about facts, data, and where that data comes from. The resulting report, called the State of the Facts poll, provides insights into to how Americans agree and disagree on the nature of...
by jpitney | Nov 13, 2019 | Deliberation, Mass Media, Uncategorized
At Rand, Jennifer Kavanaugh and colleagues have a report titled. News in a Digital Age:Comparing the Presentation of News Information over Time and Across Media Platforms. Key Findings: Print journalism has made modest shifts toward more-subjective reporting Typical...
by jpitney | Nov 12, 2019 | Congress, Deliberation, Oversight, Uncategorized
Casey Burgat at R Street: The legislative branch simply does not have the levels of staff resources, funding or expertise to conduct effective oversight of the executive branch, including—and perhaps even especially—on matters of foreign affairs, intelligence and...
