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Why Mainstream Media Abandons Major Stories
Bias / April 2nd, 2025 / by Malayna J. Bizier

Are journalists lacking ambition in a disordered news cycle? Or has the public’s degenerative attention span stopped allowing for continued interest in the world’s most momentous affairs? Here are five reasons why major stories fall out of the mainstream media’s view.
See moreIs social media fueling political polarisation?
Recommended Reading / June 21st, 2024 / by "The Conversation" Contributor

One critical narrative accuses digital platforms and their algorithms of amplifying political polarisation and hostility online. Recent scholarship in quantitative social sciences and scientific psychology, however, provides important nuance to this pessimistic discourse.
See moreDemolishing Schools After a Mass Shooting Reflects Humans’ Deep-Rooted Desire for Purification Rituals
Recommended Reading / June 28th, 2022 / by "The Conversation" Contributor

After the recent shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers, some local residents want the school demolished.
See moreReducing Polarization: Learn That the Other Side Thinks of You More Positively Than You Expect
Recommended Reading / February 22nd, 2021 / by Rolf Hendriks

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See moreThe Psychology of Polarization And How We Can Overcome Our Prejudices
Bias / September 4th, 2019 / by Kelly Murphy

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