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A Path Toward Depolarization

Thursday September 7, 2023

This is an excerpt from an article published in the fall 2023 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The article, co-authored by Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism …
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UFCJC Doctoral Student and Jay Hmielowski Receive 2023 AEJMC Collaborative Scholar Award

Tuesday August 1, 2023

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student Alexandrea Matthews is the recipient of one of two Association for Education in Journalism and Mass …
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Research Fridays: Understanding Communication and Polarization

Sunday April 23, 2023

Research Fridays features faculty and graduate students from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications presenting current research to their colleagues. On April 14, 2023, …
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Conservatives are More Likely Than Liberals to Exist in a Media Echo Chamber

Tuesday December 22, 2020

This article originally appeared on the London School of Economics US Centre’s daily blog. As partisan news networks like Fox News and MSNBC have risen in popularity, so has the polarization of …
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Online Products and Consumers: Partisan Ratings and Mechanisms for Affective Polarization

Wednesday October 14, 2020

Can star ratings for political content on platforms like Amazon alter our feelings towards others with similar or opposing political preferences? When we see ratings that disagree with our own, are …
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Reinforcing Spirals of Political Discussion and Affective Polarization

Wednesday February 5, 2020

While media is often blamed for exacerbating the ideological and political gap between political parties, discussing politics among friends and family also has a significant impact on increasing …