Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Politics still split US on climate change
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — US residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of political party. But, there’s still a divide. Continue…
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 15:32 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Apr 30, 2013 16:22 - 1 Comment
Conservatives don’t buy into ‘green’ labels
DUKE (US) — When it comes to deciding which light bulb to buy, a label touting a product’s environmental benefit may actually discourage politically conservative shoppers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 28, 2013 11:18 - 0 Comments
Low voter turn-out among California youth
UC DAVIS (US) — More than two-thirds of California’s eligible young adults failed to vote in the 2012 general election, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
Political strife can breed drug-resistant HIV
BROWN (US) — Political violence can have the long-term consequence of increasing viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2013 10:45 - 4 Comments
After meditation, conservatives lean left
U. TORONTO (CAN) — After a spiritual exercise like meditation, people endorse more liberal views, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 6, 2013 12:05 - 3 Comments
The genetics of fear can shape political views
BROWN (US) — People who are genetically predisposed to have higher levels of social fear are more likely to support anti-immigration policies, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 25, 2013 14:30 - 2 Comments
In South and GOP, whites more likely to claim racism
STANFORD (US) — White Republicans and Southern evangelicals are most likely to claim reverse discrimination, but not because of a shared ideology, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 21, 2013 14:53 - 1 Comment
Doubt creeps in when we must defend a choice
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Confidence in our choices wanes when we learn that other people’s reasoning is different from our own. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 15, 2013 11:04 - 2 Comments
Civilization survives if women have equal rights
STANFORD (US) — The collapse of civilization can be avoided by reducing consumption and expanding women’s role in society, biologists report. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 27, 2012 13:10 - 0 Comments
More young voters pass on party affiliation
UC DAVIS (US) — Young adults in California registered to vote in record numbers in 2012, especially online, but many did so with no party affiliation. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 12, 2012 13:20 - 0 Comments
In US politics, it’s who you know, not what
U. WARWICK (UK) — For political lobbyists in the United States, it pays to have friends in high places. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 11, 2012 9:48 - 2 Comments
Disgust, not guilt, may turn conservatives ‘green’
UC BERKELEY / STANFORD (US) — Concepts like the “purity” and “sanctity” of the Earth and our bodies resonate more with conservatives than environmental messages about moral obligations, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 7, 2012 16:17 - 0 Comments
In US, YouTube political ads get nasty
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — American politicians—and their unofficial ad creators—are a mean bunch when it comes to campaigning online, particularly when combining personal and issue attacks in ads posted on YouTube. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2012 15:59 - 3 Comments
How the US Civil War changed journalism
PENN STATE (US) — New technologies and a growing demand for information during the US Civil War forever changed the nation’s press, according to a book by journalism professor Ford Risley. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 30, 2012 15:23 - 2 Comments
Plagiarism software tracks anti-Muslim bias
UNC-CHAPEL HILL / U. MICHIGAN (US) — Since 9/11, organizations using fear and anger to spread negative messages about Muslims have moved from the fringes of public discourse into the mainstream media, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 28, 2012 15:29 - 3 Comments
Forecast: US will regain 9M jobs by 2014
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Over the next two years, the US economy will regain the rest of the nearly 9 million jobs lost in the Great Recession, economists predict. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 21, 2012 13:28 - 0 Comments
To vote, injured vets need better access
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Inaccessible polling places and complicated ballot design may make voting difficult for some of the more than 50,000 men and women wounded in military service in Iraq and Afghanistan. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 11:43 - 1 Comment
US-Mexico conflict fueled anti-war movement
PENN STATE (US) — The Mexican-American War sparked the first truly national anti-war movement in the US, says historian Amy Greenberg. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 14, 2012 16:53 - 0 Comments
Politics, not experience, shapes opinions in US
U. CHICAGO (US) — A survey conducted a few weeks before the US presidential election suggests partisanship is often a substitute for knowledge and personal experience, say researchers. (more…)
