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ArticlePNAS nexus2024

Unraveling polarization: insights into individual and collective dynamics.

Kati Kish Bar-On, Eugen Dimant, Yphtach Lelkes, David G Rand

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kati Kish Bar-OnScience, Technology and Society Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-3701
Eugen DimantCenter for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania, 3451 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-6966
Yphtach LelkesAnnenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3451 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1805-056X
David G RandSloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-2783

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polarization poses a critical threat to the stability of nations around the world, as it impacts climate change, populism, democracy, and global health. This perspective examines the conceptual understanding, measurement challenges, and potential interventions for polarization. Our analysis highlights the distinction and interactions between the individual and collective levels of polarization, conceptually, methodologically, and in terms of interventions. We conclude by pointing out future directions for understanding polarization and highlighting the interrelations between polarization and other social phenomena.

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affective polarizationcollective polarizationgroup behaviorindividual polarizationinterventionsmeasurement methodssocial norms

Identifiers

PMID39411081
PMCPMC11475466

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