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Political knowledge is crucial for well-functioning democracies, with most scholars assuming that people at the political extremes are more knowledgeable than those at the center. Here, we adopt a
which can unnecessarily undermine their hope about the future. At first blush, the American political landscape can seem quite bleak, in part because of heightened political polarization1–3. One way to ... remedy polarization is the use of productive political debate to close the gap between dissenting parties. Rather than focusing on interventions to make debates more productive, the present research takes
This study delves into the realm of sentiment analysis in the Amharic language, focusing on political sentences extracted from social media platforms in Ethiopia. The research employs deep learning ... the study of people’s attitudes and sentiments about products, services, and their attributes4. Sentiment analysis holds paramount importance in political discourse, particularly within the Amharic
This study shows that social and political trust may diverge in the face of shared threats, and that this pattern is driven by negative information about crisis management. Leveraging a three-wave ... information-provision experiment in the USA during the COVID-19 crisis, our research reveals that negative perceptions of pandemic management lead to a decline in political trust and a parallel increase in
modeling, we found a reliable positive association between political concordance and overall belief in a statement (median = 0.663, CI95 = [0.640, 0.685]), a reliable positive association between cognitive ... reliable positive association between political concordance and overall belief in a statement (median = 0.663, CI95 = [0.640, 0.685]), a reliable positive association between cognitive reflection and
. However, using the results of this research to create local community resilience has always faced limitations. In fact, the neglected role of political economy in these studies has caused the application of ... of this research is to evaluate how political economy affects the resilience of local communities. The research method is mixed and qualitative analysis was used to analyze the impact of political
endorsement appears to be their level of educational attainment. This research aimed to assess the moderating effect of religiosity, trust in scientists, and political orientation on the impact of education ... of political orientation is not straightforward. The result also demonstrates a significant negative correlation between the aggregate country-level data of the respondents supporting CTs and the level
Political polarization in the United States goes beyond divided opinions on key political issues, extending to realms of culture, lifestyle, and social identity once thought to be apolitical. Using a ... of 1 million Twitter bios, this study investigates how users' partisan self‑presentation on social media tends to include cultural as well as political markers. Representing the text in Twitter bios as
susceptibility, but discrediting cues had no impact. Furthermore, political ingroup sources increased susceptibility if the source was high in credibility, but political outgroup sources had no effect relative to ... isinformation1–4. Unfortunately, as countless studies and reports have documented, misinformation can have dire consequences for the political and social wellbeing of societies around the g lobe5–8. While
The COVID-19 pandemic posed a global threat to nearly every society around the world. Individuals turned to their political leaders to safely guide them through this crisis. The most direct way ... language markers of four different heads of state during the early stage of the pandemic. Specifically, we collected all pandemic‑related speeches and press conferences delivered by political leaders in the
discourse surrounding the 2020 Democratic Primary election in the United States in a social media-like environment. Studies that explain the gender gap in political influence as the result of differential ... persists even a century after women’s suffrage33, though such differences may be contingent on partisanship34,35. The incongruity between gender and political roles is often described as a conflict between
A political party can be considered as a company whose value depends on the voters support i.e. on the percentage of population supporting the party. Dynamics of the support is thus as a stochastic ... ” party to get one more representative. We shall elaborate some of the conclusions in the case of recent elections in Montenegro (June, 2023) which are particularly interesting due to lots of political
tolerance to growing inequality posits that increased optimism about prospects of upward mobility undermines support for redistribution. A less explored explanation postulates that low political efficacy of ... from both strategies (social inaction strategy). Lack of political efficacy, operationalized as high redistribution thresholds, gradually curtailed collective action, while exposure to high prospects of
journalist gender and newspaper political orientation. Parental leave reform articles were slightly more emotional than general news, independent of who authored the article, or the newspaper where it was ... contributed to media coverage at a higher‑than‑expected rate. The tendency for media coverage to be written with a non‑neutral sentiment can be understood in terms of the enduring political tensions over gender
high. Political affiliation has the strongest correlation, followed by level of education, COVID-19 vaccination rates, carbon intensity of the regional economy, and income. The analysis reveals how a ... the U.S. population1,2. It is more pronounced in some states and regions3. Reasons for this denialism are multifaceted: Political affiliation and ideology, income, education, and exposure to extreme
environmental awareness by breaking down boundaries between disciplines and fostering a co-creative process. Concepts of ecology and urban forestry were combined with the research on political ecology ... also influenced by contemporary philosophy, political ecology and ecofeminist theories. The manuscript is based on assuming the end of the old dichotomy between nature and society and considers a complex
The Bronze Age of Central Europe was a period of major social, economic, political and ideological change. The arrival of millet is often seen as part of wider Bronze Age connectivity, yet ... connectivity, as well as social, ideological, political, and economic change1–3. During this period, metallurgy became well-established and the use of bronze and other metals became widespread4. Since these
unevenly developed country. Expanding on the typical factors, household registration and political participation affect North China more than other regions; and housing and marriage have a greater impact in ... first put forward by French sociologist Durkheim, which includes many aspects such as economy, culture, politics and p sychology8,9. Among these, economic, political and cultural integration is objective
political affiliation, as determined by the proportion of votes received by the Republican candidate in the 2020 presidential election, has the strongest association with our response variable, the percent of ... associated with low COVID‑19 vaccine uptake in the U.S., our study provides a comprehensive, data‑driven population‑level statistical analysis at the county level. We find that political affiliation, as
the potential of RMT as a tool to gain deeper insights into network dynamics, particularly within popular discussions. This approach holds promise for investigating opinion leaders in diverse political ... -political dialogues. - The emergence of Web 2.0 has made a significant shift in the way societies function and how people interact with each other. The wealth of data available on social media platforms has
