It was a turbulent run up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election: COVID-19 struck, ending and upending lives and livelihoods, while the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and other Black Americans led to Black Lives Matter ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2022
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A dissertation from the University of Gothenburg, for which the author studied presidential elections around the world among other things, shows that the closer the race appeared to be in the opinion polls before the elections, ...
Political science
Feb 23, 2022
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During the 2020 election cycle, presidential candidates spent nearly $3 billion on television, radio and digital ads—shattering records and demonstrating how important advertising is to campaign strategy. Given the amount ...
Economics & Business
Feb 4, 2022
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Set amidst a bitter, divisive U.S. presidential election and a steadily-growing Black Lives Matter movement, actor Jussie Smollett exploded onto center stage in early 2019 after claiming he was the target of a late-night ...
Social Sciences
Jan 5, 2022
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When the average person consumes information through sources like television, radio, a website, or a newspaper, they might do it with a critical eye. What is the viewpoint of the news outlet? Has it been trustworthy in the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2021
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A computational analysis of billions of phrases found in tweets has uncovered new insights into the timelines of the many major stories that surrounded Donald Trump, former President of the United States, from 2016 to 2021. ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2021
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A predictive model of a polarized group, similar to the current U.S. Senate, demonstrates that when an outside threat—like war or a pandemic—fails to unite the group, the divide may be irreversible through democratic ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2021
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The campaign for the 2020 U.S. presidential election was historic in many ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the use of digital watch parties to view the presidential and vice-presidential debates. This viewing ...
Political science
Dec 2, 2021
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In the days following the 2020 presidential election, as states re-counted and certified votes and President Joe Biden's win became more objectively certain, Republicans, paradoxically, became less confident in the legitimacy ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2021
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One of the most controversial topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person schooling, wasn't necessarily determined by the severity of the virus. New research from Michigan State University reveals how political partisanship ...
Education
Oct 21, 2021
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