Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. RCGD Winter Seminar Series: ‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks (March 6, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103917 103917-21808090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks
Monday, March 6, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Yanna Krupnikov
Professor of Communication and Media
Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
University of Michigan

Stories of polarization in the media have often focused on anecdotes about people who have stopped speaking with friends and family due to political differences — e.g. “unfriended” others due to politics. The possibility that politics has shifted long-term individual relationships has broad social implications. Therefore, we analyze why and when people are most likely to “unfriend.” We argue that political disagreement is often the final step in a general breakdown of a relationship. In other words, when political disagreements occur, people are more likely to “unfriend” those whom they found unpleasant prior to the disagreement. Our results come from four national experiments. The first tracks the relative frequency of “unfriending” over political disagreement versus other types of interactions. The second considers whether it is political disagreement specifically that leads to “unfriending.” The final two studies combine these ideas, tracking the conditions that are most likely to produce “unfriending” in different contexts of political extremity and polarization.

Yanna Krupnikov is Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Her work focuses on political communication, in particular attention to news, political expression and social interactions.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:43:26 -0500 2023-03-06T15:30:00-05:00 2023-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: ‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks
Futures Workshop (November 6, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114656 114656-21833265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2023 2:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Communication and Media

Institute for the Future's Futures Workshop is a 90-minute, introductory-level learning experience that will teach you how to get started with your own creative foresight. Foresight is the ability to think effectively about how the future might be different, so you can prepare for anything, and start to make changes in your own life, and in society, for the better.

At IFTF, Gabe Cervantes helps lead custom forecasts, IFTF Foresight Essentials trainings, and speaking engagements across various industries and sectors. A leading strategist in scaling foresight, Gabe works closely with large organizations to help them foster an environment that encourages the development and application of foresight among the next generation of future leaders and top-tier leadership. Before joining IFTF, Gabe helped startups in Silicon Valley understand consumer needs to develop stronger sales and go-to-market strategies. Forgoing a career in law, he leaned into his training as a diasporas scholar from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in American Studies with a dual focus on Latino/a and Africana Studies. Gabe shares his learnings pro bono with communities of color and individuals who are the first in their families to attend college.

Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/25m9jbac

Sponsored by Dr. Devon Powers, Communication + Media, as part of the Trends and Futures lecture series.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:29:20 -0400 2023-11-06T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 North Quad Communication and Media Workshop / Seminar Gabe Cervantes, Director of Scalable Foresight, IFTF