politics

  • Agenda-Setting and the Silence Spiral in the 2016 Election

    December 2020 Ever since the Kennedy-Nixon debates were televised in 1960, presidential elections have been almost synonymous with the mass media narratives that arise and that tell the story of the election to the masses – and that shape the history of these elections. Every four years, the media take on an even greater role…

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  • The Impact of Abortion Laws on Women, Gender, and Feminism in Poland

    The western world has witnessed a growing nationalistic fervor in the past one decade, from Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ clarion call to strong anti-immigrant sentiments in continental Europe. Attendant to this political shift is a resurgence of social conservatism whereby social norms are increasingly being tied to religion-influenced notions of morality. One prime example where…

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