by Maureen Klaiber | Oct 23, 2026 | Brown University
In 2017, Weitz-Shapiro and Winters conducted research on information credibility in Brazil, finding that citizens unilaterally punished corrupt politicians in the polls and could widely discern between credible and unreliable information, and further, that the...
by Joey Pisani | Apr 26, 2026 | Suffolk University
Young people of today’s world have seen quite a bit. From millions dying from COVID-19, to hundreds of school shootings, and global conflicts where civilian attacks and murders have become commonplace. That’s just to name a few of the ways that the upcoming generation...
by Simi Socks | Mar 9, 2026 | University of Houston
Divergent Interests Between Electors and Elected: A Precursor to Democratic Erosion in America In the 2014 paper “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens”, Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page found that there is a very weak...
by Tzion Jones | Jan 19, 2021 | Brown University
Social media and democracy often share a love-hate relationship in the Global South. In many cases, the blessing of free communication arrives alongside an infectious misinformation curse. In Nigeria, widespread use of WhatsApp makes the two especially hard to...
by Connor Weathers | Nov 23, 2020 | Suffolk University
The stability of Argentinian democracy is under threat. Multiple precursors to democratic erosion are present, including ongoing threats to both vertical and horizontal accountability exemplified by widespread vertical corruption, and efforts to weaken if not reduce...
