by Chris Kiss | Apr 19, 2024 | Ursinus College
Donald Trump has been compared to a lot throughout his mediocre rise into politics. Even during the infancy of his 2016 election, Trump was being compared to dictators, tyrants, and demagogues throughout the world. Many of these comparisons may have sounded radical at...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 14, 2024 | Georgia State University
The United States has faced increasing polarization in its politics in the past few decades. Politics has become more emotionally charged, which is known as affective polarization according to Joel Achenbach. This is the result of the increase of the perception gap,...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 13, 2024 | William Jewell College
Most scholars who follow American democratic erosion begin with social polarization and attempt to find some sociological argument for it. Some thinkers, such as Kathy Cramer, argue that polarization is forming along regional lines, while others like Arlie Hochschild...
by Camden Sloan | Apr 11, 2024 | Georgia State University
The increase of social media over the past few decades has been influential in so many ways, causing the way people live their lives to change entirely. The ability to meet new friends, access to unlimited sources of information, and endless social media platforms all...
by Amani Ward | Apr 11, 2024 | Georgia State University
The history of social polarization in America is a web of economic disparity, racial division, political strife, and cultural differences. From the colonial era to the present day, the United States has grappled with deep-seated tensions that have shaped its social...