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Digital Disinformation Project
Despite the unprecedented power of the internet to connect and inform people, social media and networked technologies are being leveraged to amplify disinformation – deliberately misleading or false information – that harms our society, democracy, and everyday lives. Disinformation, misinformation, and other forms of media manipulation shape harmful narratives that mislead and polarize the public,…
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Megastudy Identifying Successful Interventions to Strengthen Americans’ Democratic Attitudes
Deep partisan conflict in the mass public threatens the stability of American democracy. We conducted a megastudy on a national sample of American partisans (n = 32,059) testing 25 interventions designed to reduce anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity. Our findings provide a toolkit of promising interventions for practitioners, and shed new theoretical light on challenges…
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Business Bridging Divides
Our report explores how to engage the business community to overcome social and political divisions in America through workforce culture and employee development. If you’d like to learn more or get involved, contact us!
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Analysis of school district and board member characteristics, 2022
There are more than 13,000 K-12 public school districts in the United States. The school boards setting policy for those districts have more than 82,423 members. Due to the number of districts, the involvement of several layers of governments with overlapping jurisdictions, and limited data on small and rural schools, comprehensive information on school districts…
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NEW AllSides Media Bias Chart™ Version 7: Updated Ratings for AP, Forbes, Politico, and More
The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ has just undergone some critical updates. We’ve clarified our rating for the Associated Press and strengthened our ratings for Forbes, The American Conservative, Politico, The Hill, The Daily Wire, and more. We don’t rate accuracy or credibility — this chart speaks to political perspective only. Learn why AllSides doesn’t rate media accuracy. We…
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Share Our America Initiative
REDUCING POLARIZATION IN OUR COUNTRY — PERSON BY PERSON, COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY. Share Our America is a national initiative — rooted in local communities — that brings Americans together across our differences to build empathy, understanding, respect, and trust.
