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Polarization

Explore 26 projects in the Polarization category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

26 projects

Sway

Sway is a chat platform that connects students with differing perspectives into one-on-one conversations and facilitates better discussions between them.

Florida
students

America’s Political Pulse

This survey is a series of questions designed to shed light on public sentiment towards political animosity, respect for democracy, and support for political violence -- asked of a thousand Americans each week.

USA

Bridging Dictionary

[A] dynamic prototype from MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication that identifies how words common in American political discourse are used differently across the political divide

MIT Media Lab

Path to 2024 Polarization Report Series

PRL’s Path to 2024 report series is a new monthly chronicle covering partisan attitudes of Americans in the lead-up to the November 2024 presidential election. Each month, we focus on a different salient issue affecting voters and analyze public attitudes from our weekly public opinion poll.

USA
reports

News Ambassadors

What might it sound like if a reporter in rural Missouri partnered with a reporter in New York City to together explore contentious issues and uplift common ground?

Florida
students

Plurality Institute

The Plurality Institute develops and experiments with plural technologies by convening researchers and collaborators from a range of fields including computer science, political ethics, sociology, and government.

USA

Schoolhouse Dialogues

"Schoolhouse Dialogues, hosted on the nonprofit tutoring platform Schoolhouse founded by Sal Khan, pairs high schoolers with opposing viewpoints to discuss controversial issues one-on-one and give feedback on each other’s civility." - Hannah Feuer, Forward

students

PSi

Gain insights from real-time conversations in less than one hour. No matter how many people.

London
2020