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ERIC Number: EJ1418876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1076-0180
EISSN: EISSN-1994-0219
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How College Students Can Depolarize: Evidence for Political Moderation within Homogeneous Groups
Yasmeena Khan; Alice Siu
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, v29 n2 p137-154 2023
This paper demonstrates that, after deliberation, college students showed immense moderation potential and affective depolarization, especially even given their homogeneity as a bloc within American politics and within the overwhelmingly liberal sample for this paper. These findings offer optimism for future research in homogeneous groups through understanding that group polarization, while a very worrisome phenomenon, can be avoided with the right precautionary measures. It is clear that college students are capable of engaging constructively across differences and that deliberation, through Deliberative Polling in particular, can serve to build the capacity to do so.
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/mjcsl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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