by Adrianna Blackshire | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
The more social media increases, the more identity politics and echo chambers will grow as well, increasing political polarization within the U.S. With the rise of technology, people have access to unlimited amounts of information, and social media being at the...
by MRIVEROS21@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 9, 2022 | Koç University
Brazil faces the most important elections in its history. Jair Bolsonaro is seeking re-election, while Lula da Silva is seeking to return to the presidency. A duel between the extreme right and the pragmatic left will decide the future of the country. Since 2012,...
by Jonathan Kung | Jun 9, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
As social media begins to continually grow within the U.S. so will the trends of increasing polarization. Everybody wants to feel like they’re not alone. Whether this is in regards to political beliefs, hobbies or even daily life everybody wishes to find...
by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 9, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
The effective Republican prohibition of any meaningful debate on gun reform represents many of the hallmarks of anti-democratic practices: the filibuster, money in politics, and polarization … Rather than attempting to repeat the tired argument over the specific...
by AKARAMAN18@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 8, 2022 | Koç University
Indonesia’s Polarization on the Edges of Power, Secularism and Power Joko Widodo, current president of Indonesia ( derived from The Economist, 2019) How does polarization contribute to democratic backsliding? There is no clear answer to this question, as the two...
