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POLARIZATION, DATA, CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
Jonathan Stray Catalytic Converter 2013-8-10
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liberal
republican
democrat
conservative
right
left
progressive
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legalize gay marriage
higher minimum wage
less regulation
address climate change
lower taxes
greater military spending
pro-choice
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Ideology "Coherence of opinions across issues is generally regarded as one of the key indicators of ideological thinking."
- Is Polarization a Myth? Abramowitz and Saunders, 2008
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Polarization in Congress
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Polarization among Americans
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Polarization and Participation
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Retweet network of political tweets. From Conover, et. al., Political Polarization on Twitter
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Graph of political book sales during 2008 U.S. election, by orgnet.org From Amazon "users who bought X also bought Y" data.
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Gun violence polarization on Twitter
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Types of bias Bias affects cognition (information processing), affect (emotional response), and behavior.
• Stereotype: a mental image of a member of a particular group
• Prejudice: attitude toward a member of a particular group • Discrimination: inappropriate treatment of a member of a
particular group
Also: • explicit (they'll tell you) vs. implicit (they won't) • favor ingroup vs. harm outgroup
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latte-drinking
bicycle
church
SUV
rural
urban
guns
science
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What's a "group"? Take 50 people. Divide them into two groups based on a coin flip (but tell them it's based on a simple test.) Tell each person to split $10 among as many people as they like. Tell them they'll get all the money that other people allocate to them. What happens?
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Minimal Group Paradigm • group assignments are random • group members have no history • group members never meet • you cannot award money to yourself
And yet... people award more money to the ingroup and less to outgroup. Reproduced, in variations, for 40 years.
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Group identity triggers The purpose of this questionnaire is to get your views of the news media in general.
In recent times the differences between Republicans and Democrats have become highly polarized. Many of the issues discussed in the media are seen very differently by Republicans and Democrats. In this context, it is important to gauge people’s views of the media.
With increasing globalization, it has become apparent that the media differs across countries and cultures. Al Jazeera has become the voice for much of the Arab world, both within the United States and in the Middle East. Given these changes, it is important to gauge people’s views of the news media in the United States.
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Reminding people of ingroup-outgroup distinction increases perceptions of bias!
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Conflict transformation "Conflict should not be regarded as an isolated event that can be resolved or managed, but as an integral part of society’s on-going evolution and development"
- TransConflict
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What is the problem? Most conflict transformation is concerned with ending violent conflict. But partisan conflict in the U.S. is not (usually) violent. So how do we know when conflict transformation has succeeded?
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Do you understand the other? A simple test: Can you explain their point of view in a way they would endorse?
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Use the other's language
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Issues, not people Don't assume that someone will disagree with you on every issue just because they are a "conservative." Exert power over issues, not people.
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Distinguish Positions vs. Interests Position: what someone says they want Interest: why they want it E.g. "no more regulation" is a position. "middle class job growth" is an interest.
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Talk to the outgroup! How many conservative friends do you have? How many conservative friends do you want? Note that bridge-builders are usually hated by both sides. At first.