Polarization?

Listen

• "The Coming Storm" podcast series (8 episodes, each is 1 learning activity) from the BBC (about the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection) -- added 10.30.22

  • NOTE: This series appears to have new episodes coming this fall. They may be added here, but for now only the first eight episodes qualify.

• "The State of Disunion," from Throughline, 27 October 2022 -- added 10.30.22

• "Tressie McMillan Cottom on the Moral Panics of Our Moment," from The Ezra Klein Show, 13 April 2021

• Two- or three-parter:

  • Take the Perception Gap quiz (counts as learning activity on its own--write a reflection)

  • Then listen to "Mind the Perception Gap," episode 33 of Your Undivided Attention, 15 April 2021

  • If you want, read at least the introduction & chapter 1 of The Perception Gap: How False Impressions are Pulling Americans Apart, from More in Common (skim the rest)

• Read at least the first 9 pages of American Fabric: Identity & Belonging (skim the rest)

• "The Courage to Connect," from Your Undivided Attention, 4 March 2021

• "Are the Kids Alright?" from Your Undivided Attention, 27 October 2020

• "The Improvement Association" podcast series (5 episodes, each is 1 learning activity) from The New York Times, May 2021

• "Shades of Grey," from A Bit of Optimism, 13 July 2020.

Watch

• "What America can learn from its divided past," an interview with Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria on CNN's GPS - added 10.30.22

• UnRepresented, available from the ChattState library with your TigerID/password

• Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook, available from the ChattState library with your TigerID/password (also available as a DVD for checkout from the library)

• Coded Bias, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)

• The Reunited States, streaming on multiple platforms (but sadly not free)

Read

• "The U.S. Is Headed For a Second Civil War. Here is How We Avoid It," by Peter T. Coleman, from Time, 20 October 2022. -- added 11.12.22

• "America's Epidemic of Hate," from Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2022. -- added 11.12.22

• "How America Fractured Into Four Parts," by George Packer, from The Atlantic, June/July 2022.

• "America is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good," by Ronald Brownstein, from The Atlantic, 24 June 2022.

• "Can Marriage Counseling Save America?" from The Atlantic, December 2019

• The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization, by Peter T. Coleman (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link

• "The Forever Culture War?," by Shadi Hamid, from The Atlantic, 22 January 2022

• "Neutral Bots Probe Political Bias on Social Media," by Wen Chen, Diogo Pacheco, Kai-Cheng Yang & Filippo Menczer, from Nature Communications (a peer-reviewed journal), 5 January 2022.