by Isabet Tranchin | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
While propaganda in democracies have been studied for decades, the scope has widened to include other terms. Following disagreements between the media’s evidence and the White House Press Secretary about Trump’s inauguration turnout, it was revealed that...
by Anjali Nahata | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
“It is now clear that social media and intensely partisan television and radio broadcasts disseminated a massive number of messages during the 2016 Presidential election campaign designed to demonize candidates and seriously distort the facts upon which many voters...
by Lukus Berber | Apr 27, 2019 | University of Chicago
Cable News: War of Ideology By Lukus Berber The University of Chicago American democracy has never been easy. Americans today have evolved since the days of duels and outright assaults on the House floor. Unfortunately for Alexander Hamilton and Charles Sumner, the...
by Christian Santiago | Apr 16, 2019 | Rollins College
A response to “Polarization is Dividing American Society, Not Just Politics” by Nate Cohn (NYT) Anyone who has been following the affairs of the United States government during the past few years is painfully aware of how polarized the two major parties have become....
by Gabriel Moran | Apr 11, 2019 | Suffolk University
Around the world, there has been an attack on the media in countries everywhere that experience democratic backsliding. In places like Turkey, Venezuela, Poland and many more, the media remains under attack in most places around the world, with the only states with...
