Previous studies have shown people can identify the gender and race of a speaker based on the words chosen, but could a person identify something like political membership? A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2021
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Twitter users are three times more likely to follow back the accounts of strangers if they share the same political views, according to a new study that sheds light on the phenomenon of "echo chambers" on social media.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2021
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American politicians have long been expected to uphold a certain veneer: powerful, influential and never vulnerable. New Penn State research has found that these idealized forms of masculinity may also help explain support ...
Social Sciences
Jan 4, 2021
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Aggressive political messaging can work against candidates by radicalizing supporters and alienating moderates, according to a Dartmouth study.
Political science
Dec 15, 2020
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The more narcissistic the leader, the higher their interest in leadership theories, according to University of Queensland research.
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2020
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The bitter polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties in the U.S. has been on the rise since Newt Gingrich's partisan combat against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. But according to a new Northwestern ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2020
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Despite frequently shouted concerns by both Democrats and Republicans, voting by mail doesn't lend either political party an advantage on Election Day, though it might account for a slight uptick in overall voter participation, ...
Political science
Oct 20, 2020
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The world is underestimating the economic effects of climate change by trillions of dollars, according to a new study co-authored by scientists from the University of Warwick.
Environment
Oct 6, 2020
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Every four years, U.S. presidential campaigns collectively spend billions of dollars flooding TV screens across the country with political ads. But a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist Alexander Coppock shows ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2020
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Research by Kansas State University shows how politicians from both major parties have changed their political speech from previous centuries.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2020
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