Many of us fondly recall a world before social media. We engaged with TV and print ads that were nonpolarizing ways to “Just do it,” “Share a Coke” or answer “Where’s the beef?” The internet and social media revolutionized how we engage with ...

Higgins and González advanced to a runoff after a blanket primary in November after no candidate won at least 50% of the vote. Higgins finished atop the 13-candidate field with 36% of the vote to González’s 19%, and the top two Democratic candidates combined for a majority of the vote.

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When Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his vice presidential running mate back in July, the predictable scrutiny a vice presidential nominee typically gets quickly devolved into a very online spectacle. A vice presidential nominee is obviously expected to ...

While television and radio political ads have been subject to strict disclosure requirements for decades, their online counterparts exist in a regulatory vacuum. Social media giants like Facebook, Instagram, and X—formerly Twitter—have become central ...

Internet political engagement began with hope. It brought people together with common interests. It offered a forum for engagement and argument, even persuasion. Then something went wrong. Expression, outrage and self-affirmation took over. I served three ...

When former kindergarten teacher and TikTok creator Arielle Fodor joined the recent fundraising Zoom call for presidential candidate Kamala Harris, “White Women: Answer The Call,” she assumed her short speech would act like a helpful primer for women ...

Gone are the days when social media was viewed simply as a broadcast channel or vehicle for voters. It’s now evolved into a thriving ecosystem of participation’

Spend any time scrolling through social media or news sites and it feels like America is a nation in constant argument. Offhand remarks often spark fierce screaming matches. Partisanship is up, Gallup tells us, while trust in institutions is down.

In November, a chasm opened in the middle of one of the most popular online reading spaces. It started after the election, as political chatter bled into BookTok. On one side of the app, readers begged users to refrain from connecting politics and novels.