Why America is So Polarized, and What We Can Do About it

Political divisions in America are so deep that disagreement extends to basic facts - about the pandemic, the 2020 election and other existential issues.

Three Duke experts will discuss how America became so particularly polarized, and how the country can truly tackle the problem, during a video conference call for the media also available for general viewing on YouTube.

Christopher Bail
Christopher Bail is a professor of sociology, public policy, and data science at Duke University, where he directs the Polarization Lab. He is author of the new book, "Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing."

Allison Chaney
Allison Chaney is an assistant professor of marketing at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Chaney studies the development of machine learning methods and understanding the impacts of these methods on individuals and society.

John Rose
John Rose is an instructor in the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, where he teaches classes on topics including political polarization, conservatism and happiness, and researches the tradition of virtue ethics.