Things of Interest

#010

Silos and Political Extremism

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10 October 2016

Does how we consume news make us more open-minded, or less? Is political extremism on the rise internationally? How do we tackle extremist views? Is it even worth tackling at all? This episode was a fascinating discussion on the intersection of media and politics, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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Some Sick Academic studies:

A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter (2014), Claudia Golden, American Economic Review 104(4): 1091-1119 Embracing, Passing, Revealing, and the Ideal Worker Image: How People Navigate Expected and Experienced Professional Identities (2015) Erin Reid, Organization Science 201526:4 , 997-1017 Raising Kids and Running a Household: How Working Parents Share the Load (2015) Pew Research Centre