4. Understanding the Political Divide

A. 2020 Democratic Party Platform. [return] (Note: these platforms are continually updated, as they are marketing pieces, not documents that are fixed or concrete. Therefore, if the links are no longer valid, go to the main website and click on their platform in the menu. We have copies of the platforms from the date referenced if you wish to see a copy.)
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf
B. Republican Platform 2016. [return]
https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdf

Aldous Huxley > Quotes > Quotable Quote, Goodreads, Goodreads, Inc. [return]
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/94619-the-propagandist-s-purpose-is-to-make-one-set-of-people

Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another, by Matt Taibbi, Aug 13, 2021, pgs 40-46 Kindle edition, pgs 16-21 paper edition. OR Books. [return]
https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1682194078/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

U.S. Media Polarization and the 2020 Election: A Nation Divided, by Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell, Elisa Shearer, and Mason Walker, Jan. 24, 2020, Pew Research Center. [return]
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/01/24/u-s-media-polarization-and-the-2020-election-a-nation-divided/

Six Ways the Media Influence Elections, by Andra Brichacek, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon. [return]
https://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/six-ways-media-influences-elections

The Social Dilemma, 2020, docudrama film directed by Jeff Orlowski and written by Orlowski, Davis Coombe, and Vickie Curtis. On 9/1/2021 at the time of writing, it was available on Netflix. [return]
https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/

Social media is making a bad political situation worse, by Rani Molla, Vox, Nov 10, 2020, 1:10pm EST. [return]
https://www.vox.com/recode/21534345/polarization-election-social-media-filter-bubble

Voter manipulation on social media now a global problem, report finds, Natasha Lomas, Sept 26, 2019 5:29am PDT, Tech Crunch. [return]
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/26/voter-manipulation-on-social-media-now-a-global-problem-report-finds/

Ibid [return]