Most see TikTok’s ties to China as a national security risk, and those who do would like to see the video-sharing app banned in the U.S. But younger people — who are the most likely age group to use it — are also the most opposed to a ban, or […] Read more »
The biggest decider of who backs a TikTok ban? If they use TikTok.
More Americans back a TikTok ban than oppose one, with a majority expressing concerns over the company’s links to China, underscoring that distrust of the foreign-owned app has spread beyond Washington, even as its domestic user base soars. A Washington Post poll finds that 41 percent of Americans support a […] Read more »
Why Red v. Blue Became Me v. You: Polarization, Part II
A political identity–being a liberal or Democrat (a “D”) versus being a conservative or Republican (an “R”)–has become viscerally more important to more Americans, reaching partisan intensities not seen for at least a century and not seen elsewhere in the western world. R’s and D’s have increasingly and heatedly differed […] Read more »
A Strategy for Factory Towns
… This report is part of a continuing effort by American Family Voices to do on-the-ground research and data analysis to understand the thinking and motivation of working-class voters, and to recommend strategies that can begin to rebuild the Democratic Party’s and progressive movement’s historic connection to America’s working class. […] Read more »
Foolproof: A psychological vaccine against fake news
… A biological virus is a parasite that attaches itself to the surface of a host cell. It will then inject its own genetic material into the host, hijacking the host cell’s machinery with the goal of reproducing itself. In a very similar way, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other dangerous […] Read more »
Class-Clown Brands Are Trying to LoLz Us to Death
“I’m funny how? … Funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” — Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), “Goodfellas” For generations advertising has honed a stand-up style of humor that blends commerce and comedy to entertain, inform and sell. … But as social media devour consumer attention and ad spend, so […] Read more »