Essays about: "mass polarization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words mass polarization.

1. 1. IS THE MEDIA DIVIDING US? A Panel Data Analysis on the Relationship Between Media Fragmentation and Mass Polarization in 71 Democracies (2000-2018)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Samuel Larsson; [2022-06-17]
   Keywords : mass polarization; media fragmentation; electoral system; income inequality; panel data;

   Abstract : Mass polarization as a phenomenon that divides the electorate on political and societal issues is on the rise globally, and its negative consequences for the well-being of a polity are well documented. Literature on the drivers of these upward trends frequently blame income inequality and immigration for polarizing the masses. READ MORE

3. 2. “We Are Together” : cultural trauma and discourse of collectivism in Chinese video representation of the COVID-19 epidemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Shujing Zheng; [2021]
   Keywords : risk society; ontological insecurity; cultural trauma; collectivism; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis has two aims. One is to situate COVID-19 in a macro narrative that characterizes our time as a risk society or reflexive modernization. The other is to bring public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic into the sharp focus of cultural trauma study which is closely related to media representations. READ MORE

4. 3. What is the True Cost of Mass Polarization? : A Study of the Relationship Between Political Polarization and Trust in Political Institutions in the United States

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Sama Serena Dean Fadji; [2020]
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   Abstract : Democracy is defined by the element of competition. Elite party competition has become one of the most discussed contemporary developments in the United States. Elected representatives from the main parties have become internally homogeneous, deepening the divide of ideologies between one another. READ MORE

5. 4. Investigation of Governing Physics in a PEM Electrolyzer

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

   Author : Kian Hajireza; [2020]
   Keywords : chemical engineering; electrochemistry; polymer-electrolyte membrane; electrolysis; hydrogen production; COMSOL; physics-based mode; multiphase transport; kemiteknik; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Hydrogen gas is an energy source that has an energy density (per mass) that is three times as large than the energy density of natural gas. This qualifies hydrogen gas as a prime candidate for the fuel of tomorrow. One of the main research areas for hydrogen include the production of it as there are a vast amount of methods of hydrogen production. READ MORE

6. 5. INCOME INEQUALITY AND MASS POLARIZATION A Cross Country Analysis of the Relationship Between Income Inequality and Polarizationin Attitudes to Economic Redistribution

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexander Ryan; [2016-09-16]
   Keywords : income inequality; political polarization; economic redistribution; mass polarization;

   Abstract : More and more political attention has, in recent years, been directed towards the rise in income inequality that many western countries have experienced during the last decades. Among the questions asked by political scientists is what the possible political causes and consequences of this development are? One possible consequence that is sometimes referred to is that it threatens the unity and stability of a country: that it creates an “us and them”. READ MORE