by jpitney | Jan 27, 2022 | Cancel Culture, Free Speech, Public Opinion, Viewpoint Diversity, Youth
Eric Kaufmann has an article at City Journal titled “A Generational Threat to Free Expression.” Survey data from my new Manhattan Institute report, “The Politics of the Culture Wars in Contemporary America,” show the scale of the challenge. While the...
by jpitney | Dec 20, 2020 | Civility, Education, Polarization, Viewpoint Diversity, Volunteering
Samuel Abrams at AEI: This socio-political reality is dangerous for our polity, as it can lead to what the nation just witnessed around the 2020 elections: negative partisanship, the death of real debate, and further institutional polarization. Trust in government and...
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...
