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Many critics raise concerns about the prevalence of ‘echo chambers’ on social media and their potential role in increasing political polarization. However, the lack of available data and the ... platform, although political information and news represent only a small fraction of these exposures. To evaluate a potential response to concerns about the effects of echo chambers, we conducted a multi
online arenas such as newspaper comment sections and political discussions, where exchanges may degenerate into offensive comments or mockery, undermining the potential for productive and democratic ... previously24,42, controversy is likely to emerge when people with opposing views engage in the same debate. Thus, the presence of users with diverse political leanings within a conversation could be a valid proxy
coordinating in the face of a pandemic ( 13 ) Fake news, conspiracy theories and misinformation will have a negative effect on vaccine hesitancy ( 14 ) Unmitigated political polarization will disrupt or ... Unmitigated political Robust findings for the polarization will disrupt or effects of polarization create other negative effects in survey studies, on attempts to minimize or but very few studies end the
and Development, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Brunel University, London, UK. 74Department of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA ... , political science, economics and conservation biology are available to elicit the diverse values people hold for nature29. Several method classifications exist, notably those from environmental economics30
Caucasian, 11.6% as African American, 17% as Asian, 9% as Hispanic and 10.3% as Native American; the remainder identified as either mixed race or preferred not to disclose. In terms of political ideology ... , medicine, computing, artificial intelligence, statistics. For the liberal arts category, we used the following words: philosophy, humanities, arts, literature, English, music, history, poetry, fashion, film
States. Nature Index 2019 Collaboration and big science These partnerships have formed against a backdrop of political tensions, economic tariffs, and even fears of academic espionage. In September, US ... a fundamental reason: each country has intellectual and material scientific resources that transcend political boundaries. “Science needs a free exchange of information,” says Zeng. “There shouldn’t
-term aspirations, such as protecting the climate for the decades ahead, and towards restoring jobs and wealth right now. Without political realism, this opportunity for green recovery will be squandered ... towards services such as digitization — these generate a lot more value using much less energy and emit less. Shocks, although painful, are political and industrial turning points if they come with
Oliver Hauser and colleagues’ model of economics and game theory uses a technical parameter that they call ‘productivity’ (Nature 572, 524–527; 2019). This introduces an ambiguity that has political ... individuals’ endowments. Such ambiguous use of terminology risks compromising political impartiality and the goals of social equality and welfare.
-Guzik has made good on his declaration, and will begin a new post in July. He explains how the US political climate prompted him to leave his tenured post at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts ... respect each other? Or is it going to become a country that has lost political decency and dialogue? Why not use my skills in a country where I don’t have to worry about the next national drama, and can
back to a series we ran only recently with the Working Scientist podcast on funding, where we had one episode all about this concept of a boom-bust cycle, where funding booms due to political alarm based
today. Ultimately, there is a coherence to the book’s seemingly stochastic journey through the workings of vision, as we proceed from photon to philosophy.
in this supplement are illustrative of resilience against political pressure. They are stories of mutual admiration, not animosity, and a desire for openness, not secrecy. And there is a lot at stake
US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida in 2017.Credit: Jim Watson/GettyResearch is becoming increasingly embroiled in ongoing political tensions between the United ... . Many Chinese American scientists are worried that the political rhetoric is unfairly targeting them. Three biomedical societies that represent Chinese American researchers sent a letter to Science in
Gundula Bosch’s argument for putting the philosophy back into the PhD is a breath of fresh air (Nature 554, 277; 2018). It is interesting to look back and see how broad critical thinking came to be ... ’ sciences, as they were then called — such as sociology, anthropology and philosophy — were stimulating campus unrest.This conveniently dovetailed with the idea that if industry outsourced its research and
online content for the public8,9. In this new role, search engines have become influential in users’ political knowledge10 and public opinion9. A majority of internet users state that they check facts ... the other hand, it is possible that highly salient events also attract more misinformation, for either political or economic reasons29. Thus, to determine whether the effect of SOTEN on belief in
language barriers. Happily, at a time of mounting political tension between Russia and the United Kingdom, early-career Arctic scientists from both countries are working together.Following workshops held in
even protest2. Here we assess whether people express discriminatory attitudes in the form of negative affectivity, stereotypes and exclusionary attitudes in family and political settings across groups ... other political opinions such as trust in science and the authorities and, in the case of the USA, partisanship9,13,20. Previous research shows that political divides can harm everyday interactions
property of all nine NGOs and they can no longer operate legally in the country.An economic crisis that has proliferated in the wake of the political unrest resulted in emergency cuts to the 2018 budget in
