Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have identified specific elements of tone and style in online speech that are linked to hyperpartisan echo chambers. These language markers could also prove useful for flagging spaces where disinformation may be likely to emerge.
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How politics governed in-person schooling during pandemic
New research from Michigan State University reveals how political partisanship influenced schools’ reopening plans amid the global pandemic.
COVID Opens a Partisan Gap on Voting by Mail
Study by UC’s New Electorate Project documents a growing divide on preferences for absentee ballots. Before the pandemic, there wasn’t any difference in the rates at which Democratic and Republican voters actually cast their ballots by mail or in-person. That may change now.