Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage.
https://www.europesays.com/1919090/ South Korea’s political polarization stems from historical trauma #Conflicts #historical #koreas #NorthKorea #Polarization #political #south #stems #trauma
"Changing the algorithm to make it benevolent rather than polarising is easy for those who control the platforms. Plenty of social media companies, — such as Pinterest, for example — allow people to engage and discuss ideas without promoting toxic content. While I feel regulation should be a last resort, in this case the industry has not self-regulated. (...)
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Check out my new Substack [VIDEO] and post: “Trusted voices” as we RESIST and HEAL”
https://open.substack.com/pub/resistandheal/p/trusted-voices-as-we-resist-and-heal
Increasing #Polarization in the #USA was a myth. #Republicans became #Fascists #USpol #Politics
I wrote a new blog post, sharing a new book I bought yesterday in Salisbury, North Carolina, as well as 7 other books I wanted to buy but ended up just adding to my reading wish list:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/03/02/reading-wish-list/
American democracy the next four years, summarized in a 35 second clip!
How to Avoid Outrage Fatigue & Tune In without Burning Out
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-avoid-outrage-fatigue-and-tune-in-without-burning-out/
Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42949277
Comment: for more nuanced understanding read
2019: Communicating w. Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113437776461706493
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498551342/Communicating-with-Memes-Consequences-in-Post-truth-Civilization
#SocialMedia #rhetoric #EchoChambers #polarization #memes #epistemology
#Trump #GOP #CultureWars #fascism
NEW STUDY OUT IN IC&S
Putting #FilterBubble Effects to the Test
In an experimental survey study with real #news #recommendersystems (#NRS), we find **limited** support for #polarization effects of #algorithms inducing "filter bubble" like information environments.
Data also show how balanced algorithms may promote #depolarization.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2435998
@commodon @communicationscholars #PoliticalCommunication #SocialMedia
10 types of #misinformation and #disinformation Be smart. How to recognise disinformation: Designating #scapegoats Evoke strong #emotions (fear and anger) Causing #polarization #Impersonating an 'expert' Spreading #conspiracytheories with no clear evidence #Trolling to evoke a lot of reactions
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看了網路上推薦，這兩天看完了這本書，內容還是相當不錯。
說服任何人立場轉變的過程，是需要相當多的「催化劑」，作者總結成「REDUCE 」這五個面向。
- R：抗拒心理 Reactance (Resistence)
- E：Endowment Effect
- D：距離
- U：不確定性
- CE：佐證 Corresponding Evidence
反思現在 #台灣 政治對立，加上社群媒體助長，書裡的方法我覺得運用上有許多困難，當中最難的是「改變立場是漸進緩慢的過程」，但我覺得台灣已經沒有時間了。
I’m sharing what my brother (an absolute legend) sends to our lifelong friends’ group. This is how things stand. #SocialMedia #Quitter #Polarization
This is a super interesting paper on EU affective #polarisation #polarization a) love table b) would love to see table 4 compared to RU and Musk in-language propaganda spend, particularly plotted over time.
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/8531/3968
Affective Polarization Among Radical‐Right Supporters: Dislike Differentiation and Democratic Support
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„Can science-based interventions tamp down polarization?“
„Call it what you will—tribalism, sectarianism, or an academic favorite, affective polarization—the mutual hostility and contempt started growing“
The defining characteristics of modern #political discourse—deep #polarization, escalating interpersonal #conflicts, & the constant need to establish oneself as the #AntiEstablishment figure—were more or less inevitable because of the speed of #Internet #communication, the inherently adversarial & mostly #anonymous characteristics of #online chatter,& the #isolation that comes w/staring at a screen all day.
#propaganda #Trump #Trumpaganda #radicalization #BigTech #broligarchy #technocracy #USpol
Meanwhile, in our #TrumpVirus / #DeathSantis country of #tribalism
Yes, there IS a Gulf of America.
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
[thread 3/x] Transphobia
[thread 2/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113448330077621809
[parent 1/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #OpusDei #ParentalRightsMovement #populism #CultureWar
#DivisiveRhetoric #SocialMedia #memes #polarization #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WeaponizationOfLanguate #transgenderism
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #HeritageFoundation #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #AcPEDs
#WomensRights #misogyny #SelfDetermination
(1/2) Ep 45: Our Media Firewalls #WisdomWithWes
https://youtu.be/QQ4VdbTpbjY?si=Bmgpyfi6ncpsIRaz
Reflections on how all of us need “media firewalls” to protect our minds from polarizing and potentially upsetting information, media messages and gossip all around us.
#WisdomWithWes #wellness #health #DigitalDiet #polarization #ConCW #HealOurCulture
More episodes of my “Wisdom With Wes” videos series are available in this YouTube
For the next 
years, the most severe impacts according to the #GlobalRiskReport 2025 are expected from:
• #Misinformation and #disinformation
• #ExtremeWeather events
• State-based #ArmedConflict
• #Societal #polarization.
#GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #ClimateChange #war #peace @WEF
Source:
https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2025/infographics-3e7161574f/
"The infrastructure of anxiety is vast, with its sleepless media ecology and endless scrolling. Even so, a permanent counterrevolution carries on—the perseverance of believers, the sacred imaginations of congregations. It’s David vs. Goliath all over again."
—Reflections editor Ray Waddle writing in the new issue of the journal, focused on "A Listening Heart: Can We Temper #Polarization?" https://buff.ly/4fQzP8U
