#Talk: #Media as a #weapon in #Ukraine and in #Germany

When: 30.12 (day4) - 17:00
Where: UAct! #assembly in #ChaosZone on #38c3

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/event/media-as-weapon-in-ukraine-and-in-germany

#disinformation #hybrid #warfare #media #attacks #polarization

I've noticed something, news #media is manipulative. Many headlines and articles from mainstream news outlets are written in a deliberately provocative way that reinforces unfounded #biases or #assumptions. #polarization weakens the social bonds that hold communities together. focusing on what divides people you weaken trust. This feels like a deliberate and systematic attack intended to break communities apart and sow distrust. and it seems to be happening independent of political orientation.

Political polarization is making us sick, according to new research from a team at New York University. @thetyee’s Crawford Kilian writes about how COVID-19 epitomizes this and whether there’s a possibility of repair.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/06/Political-Polarization-Making-Us-Sick/

#Health #COVID #Polarization #Politics #Canada #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Intellectual humility is associated with less affective polarization and, among conservatives, less polarized attitudes

Perhaps driven by more political heterophily among the humble

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12890

#socpych #polpsych #polisci #research #socialscience #socialNetworks #polarization #politics #conservatives #attitudes #newpaper #newpsychresearch @socialpsych @politicalscience