How to Communicate Across a Political Divide

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i wonder how much more difficult these competing media narratives have made these conversations. The echo chambers m that we find ourselves in on social media and in terms ofor our mass media choices as well, are really difficult to navigate. Am i trying to reframe the idea of being sceptical about one's immediate intuitions about political information you're consuming? Is it possible to get people to be more sceptical of those first reactions to the political content by making that scepticism seem to be consistent with their political values?" I think just trying to tell people just to be more discerning has limits, because they think they are being accurate in their reasoning," she says.

Is your family, community, or even your country more divided than ever? Today’s guest Robb Willer is here to share some compelling insights on how we might bridge the ideological divide and offer some intuitive advice on ways to be more persuasive. Robb is a professor of sociology, psychology and organizational behavior at Stanford University. He studies the role of morality in politics. His research shows how moral values, typically a source of ideological division, can also be used to bring people together. His political research has investigated various topics, including economic inequality, racial prejudice, masculine overcompensation and Americans' views of climate change. Willer's writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post, including his op-eds "The Secret to Political Persuasion" and "Is the Environment a Moral Cause?” Willer received a Ph.D from Cornell University and a BA from the University of Iowa. Before becoming a professor, he worked as a dishwasher, construction worker, mover, line cook and union organizer.