Putting the affect into affective polarisation

BN Bakker, Y Lelkes - Cognition and Emotion, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While many believe that affective polarisation poses a significant threat to democratic
stability, the definition and operationalisation of the concept varies greatly. This leads to …

Blocking of counter-partisan accounts drives political assortment on Twitter

C Martel, M Mosleh, Q Yang, T Zaman, DG Rand - PNAS nexus, 2024 - academic.oup.com
There is strong political assortment of Americans on social media networks. This is typically
attributed to preferential tie formation (ie, homophily) amongst those with shared …