{"id":64677,"date":"2019-06-30T05:31:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=64677"},"modified":"2019-06-25T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T03:04:45","slug":"echo-chambers-and-polarization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/06\/echo-chambers-and-polarization.html","title":{"rendered":"Echo Chambers and Polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s a round-up of some recent pieces addressing political and other forms of ideological polarization.<\/p>\n

How Does Belief Polarization Work?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/06\/ahmari-french-orban\/591697\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An article in\u00a0<em>The Atlantic<\/em> looked at attacks on liberal democracy by conservative religious voices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y2KxcYv3uu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/06\/19\/survey-most-white-evangelicals-blame-journalists-for-fake-news\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Survey: Most white evangelicals blame journalists for fake news<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cSurvey: Most white evangelicals blame journalists for fake news\u201d \u2014 RNS\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/06\/19\/survey-most-white-evangelicals-blame-journalists-for-fake-news\/embed\/#?secret=oFypsgca0L#?secret=Y2KxcYv3uu\" data-secret=\"Y2KxcYv3uu\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/news_staff\/psychologists_set_out_to_conquer_antiscience_beliefs_about_gmos_heres_what_happened-238482\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psychologists and anti-science beliefs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/audio\/2019\/06\/25\/cause-effect-solution\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Academic Minute recently focused on how to bridge divides so as to make common cause on social issues<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4ZguA1Yj72\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/facebook-created-our-culture-of-echo-chambers-and-it-killed-the-one-thing-that-could-fix-it.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook created our culture of echo chambers\u2014and it killed the one thing that could fix it<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFacebook created our culture of echo chambers\u2014and it killed the one thing that could fix it\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/facebook-created-our-culture-of-echo-chambers-and-it-killed-the-one-thing-that-could-fix-it.html\/embed#?secret=OxAkR09Ysj#?secret=4ZguA1Yj72\" data-secret=\"4ZguA1Yj72\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JQmuIwdzTG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/stewarthoover.wordpress.com\/2019\/06\/04\/media-studies-colleagues-take-notice-just-more-evidence-that-religion-is-at-the-center-of-contemporary-politics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Media studies colleagues take notice: Just more evidence that religion is at the center of contemporary\u00a0politics<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMedia studies colleagues take notice: Just more evidence that religion is at the center of contemporary\u00a0politics\u201d \u2014 StewartHoover's Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/stewarthoover.wordpress.com\/2019\/06\/04\/media-studies-colleagues-take-notice-just-more-evidence-that-religion-is-at-the-center-of-contemporary-politics\/embed\/#?secret=v0VV2PI6QP#?secret=JQmuIwdzTG\" data-secret=\"JQmuIwdzTG\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AbsgM91ykS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/why-humans-are-the-most-irrational-animals.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Humans Are The Most Irrational Animals<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhy Humans Are The Most Irrational Animals\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/why-humans-are-the-most-irrational-animals.html\/embed#?secret=CcqLTvHXYB#?secret=AbsgM91ykS\" data-secret=\"AbsgM91ykS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/firstmonday.org\/ojs\/index.php\/fm\/article\/view\/9632\/7807\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>First Monday<\/em><\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/firstmonday.org\/ojs\/index.php\/fm\/article\/view\/10108\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a couple of articles<\/a> relevant to the intersection of ideological polarization and technology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobcornwall.com\/2019\/06\/the-church-of-us-vs-them-david-e-fitch.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Review of <em>The Church of Us vs. Them<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/moral-leadership-for-a-divided-age\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Moral leadership for a divided age<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mCbLMfnVHa\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/05\/what-polarization-does-to-us.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What Polarization Does to Us<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhat Polarization Does to Us\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/05\/what-polarization-does-to-us.html\/embed#?secret=hQNZwEXmTc#?secret=mCbLMfnVHa\" data-secret=\"mCbLMfnVHa\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZuJiTrAtXK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sheilakennedy.net\/2019\/06\/american-polarization\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Polarization<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cAmerican Polarization\u201d \u2014 Sheila Kennedy\" src=\"https:\/\/sheilakennedy.net\/2019\/06\/american-polarization\/embed\/#?secret=MUUxLwSb14#?secret=ZuJiTrAtXK\" data-secret=\"ZuJiTrAtXK\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science20.com\/hank_campbell\/us_journalism_is_a_lot_less_objective_finds_rand_analysis-238028\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A study found U.S. journalism to be much less impartial<\/a> than that in other parts of the world<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/diversitydemocracy\/2019\/winter\/huang\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bridging the political divide in the context of higher education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kyleinschriften.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/confirmation-bias-on-interwebs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Confirmation bias online<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yKAJEGtxwj\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/prof-cass-sunstein-on-how-social-change-happens-and-why-its-so-often-abrupt-unpredictable.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Prof Cass Sunstein on how social change happens, and why it\u2019s so often abrupt & unpredictable<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cProf Cass Sunstein on how social change happens, and why it\u2019s so often abrupt & unpredictable\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/prof-cass-sunstein-on-how-social-change-happens-and-why-its-so-often-abrupt-unpredictable.html\/embed#?secret=kEIFgh0bBl#?secret=yKAJEGtxwj\" data-secret=\"yKAJEGtxwj\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qFmV7AsNHg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/let-the-anti-vaxxers-have-their-way.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Let The Anti-Vaxxers Have Their Way<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cLet The Anti-Vaxxers Have Their Way\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/let-the-anti-vaxxers-have-their-way.html\/embed#?secret=l1vRSzjg5p#?secret=qFmV7AsNHg\" data-secret=\"qFmV7AsNHg\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/news_staff\/not_just_the_west_coast_any_more_survey_now_says_45_worry_about_the_safety_of_vaccines-239098\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fears about safety of vaccines are spreading<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/06\/06\/advocates-science-diplomacy-see-great-need-era-world-divisions\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Does science diplomacy work?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hxk1iVpwA3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/the-distance-between-us-why-we-act-badly-when-we-dont-speak-face-to-face.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Distance Between Us: Why we act badly when we don\u2019t speak face-to-face<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Distance Between Us: Why we act badly when we don\u2019t speak face-to-face\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/the-distance-between-us-why-we-act-badly-when-we-dont-speak-face-to-face.html\/embed#?secret=NPToVMgV0H#?secret=hxk1iVpwA3\" data-secret=\"hxk1iVpwA3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zkffm10FB5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/the-jerk-in-the-machine.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The jerk in the machine<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe jerk in the machine\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/the-jerk-in-the-machine.html\/embed#?secret=Pjo9Pdrl9K#?secret=zkffm10FB5\" data-secret=\"zkffm10FB5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paleofuture.gizmodo.com\/terry-pratchett-predicted-the-rise-of-nazis-online-duri-1835120775\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Terry Pratchett\u2019s prophetic vision of online Nazism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/article\/editors\/facebook-s-problems-are-much-deeper-bad-actors\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Christian Century on the problems with Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/article\/publisher\/life-not-zero-sum-game\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Life and religion are not zero-sum games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/st-eutychus.com\/2019\/the-church-of-the-excluded-middle\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The church of the excluded middle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/canisaythisatchurch.libsyn.com\/84-inclusivity-and-the-gospel-with-brandan-robertson\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seth Price\u2019s podcast with Brandan Robertson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Clean and Unclean. Worthy and unworthy. Accepted and unaccepted. Our churches have had a habit of all to quickly throwing everyone and anyone into one binary or the next. But this is not the gospel of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10148345\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redletterchristians.org\/could-draconian-abortion-bans-reverse-roe-and-unite-christians-in-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">draconian laws that move to one extreme may lead groups that were at loggerheads to see the need to make common cause with one another<\/a> around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redletterchristians.org\/i-am-ashamed-of-the-anti-abortion-gospel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">things they have in common<\/a>, but which they may not have seen as clearly when they thought of themselves as the only two camps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/news_staff\/framing_how_media_shape_the_news-239082\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Framing: How the media shape the news<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newhumanist.org.uk\/articles\/5474\/truth-be-damned\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Truth and the concept of the public good<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2019\/05\/28\/research-presented-at-vatican-shows-that-anti-atheist-stereotypes-are-inaccurate\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"65rGUrZoO1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/risk-monger.com\/2019\/06\/04\/the-poison-of-precaution\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Poison of Precaution: The Anti-Science\u00a0Mindset<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Poison of Precaution: The Anti-Science\u00a0Mindset\u201d \u2014 The Risk-Monger\" src=\"https:\/\/risk-monger.com\/2019\/06\/04\/the-poison-of-precaution\/embed\/#?secret=ZUEZjVsddR#?secret=65rGUrZoO1\" data-secret=\"65rGUrZoO1\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/hank_campbell\/echo_chamber_of_disinformation_keeps_antiscience_beliefs_persistent-238541\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Echo chambers and anti-science beliefs<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"meMGmdLkMP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/irrationality-a-history-of-the-dark-side-of-reason-with-justin-smith.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cIrrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason\u201d with Justin Smith<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u201cIrrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason\u201d with Justin Smith\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/irrationality-a-history-of-the-dark-side-of-reason-with-justin-smith.html\/embed#?secret=94L23mtfOq#?secret=meMGmdLkMP\" data-secret=\"meMGmdLkMP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2019\/06\/18\/heres-a-timeline-of-how-anti-vaccination-propaganda-permeated-the-culture\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PPbdPlz2XN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2019\/05\/30\/intellectual-humility-is-a-virtue-rjs\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Intellectual Humility is a Virtue (RJS)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIntellectual Humility is a Virtue (RJS)\u201d \u2014 Jesus Creed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2019\/05\/30\/intellectual-humility-is-a-virtue-rjs\/embed\/#?secret=0cV0OkwtEq#?secret=PPbdPlz2XN\" data-secret=\"PPbdPlz2XN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"drGs0VZ0Hc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/05\/is-quillette-an-island-of-sanity-or-reactionary-conservatism-for-the-ph-d-set.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Is \u2018Quillette\u2019 an island of sanity \u2014 or reactionary conservatism for the Ph.D. set?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIs \u2018Quillette\u2019 an island of sanity \u2014 or reactionary conservatism for the Ph.D. set?\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/05\/is-quillette-an-island-of-sanity-or-reactionary-conservatism-for-the-ph-d-set.html\/embed#?secret=yOt78wxAsD#?secret=drGs0VZ0Hc\" data-secret=\"drGs0VZ0Hc\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Gl9CZHlOdT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sheilakennedy.net\/2019\/05\/red-myths-rural-realities\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Red Myths, Rural Realities<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cRed Myths, Rural Realities\u201d \u2014 Sheila Kennedy\" src=\"https:\/\/sheilakennedy.net\/2019\/05\/red-myths-rural-realities\/embed\/#?secret=kJYF5VGunn#?secret=Gl9CZHlOdT\" data-secret=\"Gl9CZHlOdT\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unreasonablefaith.com\/10-great-reasons-to-think-and-be-a-skeptic\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ten reasons to be a skeptic<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XdKkHr8Zux\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2019\/06\/the-sexuality-debate-dividing-an-evangelical-denomination\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Sexuality Debate Dividing an Evangelical Denomination<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Sexuality Debate Dividing an Evangelical Denomination\u201d \u2014 Anxious Bench\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2019\/06\/the-sexuality-debate-dividing-an-evangelical-denomination\/embed\/#?secret=2VsR0rf651#?secret=XdKkHr8Zux\" data-secret=\"XdKkHr8Zux\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2019\/05\/20\/a-methodist-pastor-is-brilliantly-calling-out-the-pro-life-crowds-hypocrisy\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2019\/06\/10\/heres-your-reminder-that-the-christian-right-blocked-the-equal-rights-amendment\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P3OYsBDCD4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/06\/doublethink-is-stronger-than-orwell-imagined-what-1984-means-today.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined: What 1984 means today<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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How Does Belief Polarization Work? An article in\u00a0The Atlantic looked at attacks on liberal democracy by conservative religious voices. Survey: Most white evangelicals blame journalists for fake news Psychologists and anti-science beliefs The Academic Minute recently focused on how to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":48955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[3236,16149,9305,10169],"class_list":["post-64677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-literacy","tag-excluded-middle","tag-polarization","tag-politics","tag-religion"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Echo Chambers and Polarization<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's a round-up of some recent pieces addressing political and other forms of ideological polarization.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/06\/echo-chambers-and-polarization.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Echo Chambers and Polarization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here's a round-up of some recent pieces addressing political and other forms of ideological polarization.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/06\/echo-chambers-and-polarization.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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