Election 2016 Polarized Country not Caused by Candidates A common theme throughout the 2016 election is that the candidates are very divisive and have created divisions in the country. In fact, the country has been becoming increasingly divided over the last generation(s) and the current candidates are more akin to symptoms than causes. On a variety […]
Media Bias, Social Desirability Bias
Election 2016 Social Desirability Bias / Overview: Is the Media really Biased? In order for people to feel that an answer in a survey or poll is not socially acceptable, there needs to be a transference mechanism from which they ‘learn’ the standard for socially acceptable responses. For national political campaigns, the […]