Polarization

• Tweaking Facebook, Instagram algorithms won’t address polarization: studies

  While algorithms excel at keeping users engaged, they have been criticized for amplifying misinformation and ideological content that has worsened political divisions.

  Tech

  Jul 27, 2023
  
• Fact or Fiction: Are news reporters straying from the ethics and standards of journalism?

  Is the need for readership revenue pushing news outlets to use frowned-upon marketing gimmicks?

  Features

  Apr 2, 2021
  
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• Alberta MP sees division, polarization as threat to democracy: ‘We are all just human beings’

  "If you want to actually change people's minds, you have to communicate sure, forcefully, firmly, but respectfully as well," Mike Lake said.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2021
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• COVID-19 ended Trump’s presidency after one term — and here’s why

  An analysis by these three professors suggests Trump would likely have won re-election if COVID-19 cases had been between 5% and 10% lower.

  Commentary

  Dec 12, 2020
• How one grassroots organization is healing the divide in a politically fractured America

  The focus of Better Angels, a grassroots organization, isn’t convincing the other side why they’re wrong but, instead, understanding why the other side feels the way they do.

  World

  Dec 18, 2019
• Conservatives running ‘one of the dirtiest, nastiest campaigns’, Trudeau alleges

  Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that Canadians are saddened to see some parties running polarizing and negative campaigns using tactics imported from other countries.

  Politics

  Oct 16, 2019
• Coast to coast, Canadians often have more in common than we think

  Canadian views on policy issues are rarely the result of where they live, say Loleen Berdahl and Éric Montpetit.

  Commentary

  Jun 23, 2019
• ‘Understand the why’: Sikh and former white supremacist talk about finding common ground at Calgary event

  A brutal attack entwined the lives of Pardeep Singh Kaleka, a Sikh man, and Arno Michaelis, a former white supremacist.

  Politics

  Mar 13, 2019
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• Calgary police aim to prevent division, radicalization with first-ever youth program

  The five teens chose to address “us versus them” by holding an event that promoted togetherness.

  Crime

  Dec 6, 2018