by jpitney | Nov 14, 2019 | Civility, Polarization, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
Katie Moritz at Rewire: “We have all backed into our political corners and filter every conversation though the bubble of our own political views,” said Andrew Selepak, a media professor and director of the graduate program in social media at the University of...
by jpitney | Oct 29, 2019 | Civility, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
From the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service: A majority of Americans believe political, racial, and class divisions are getting worse, according to the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Battleground Civility Poll, the second...
by jpitney | Oct 27, 2019 | Deliberation, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
James Fishkin and Larry Diamond at NY Times: What if we had civil and evidence-based dialogue across our great divides of party, ideology and identity? The project America in One Room was a national experiment to find out. Over a long weekend in September, we had a...
by jpitney | Oct 23, 2019 | Deliberation, Public Opinion
From the Pew Research Center: The public renders a harsh judgment on the state of political discourse in this country. And for many Americans, their own conversations about politics have become stressful experiences that they prefer to avoid. Large majorities...
