Polarization Research Lab First Annual Meeting

Registration and Breakfast

Conference Welcome: Sean Westwood

Keynote: Governor of Utah Spencer J. Cox
Introduction: Condoleezza Rice

Session 1: “Is Affective Polarization Driven by Identity, Loyalty, or Substance?” Greg Huber
Discussant: Yphtach Lelkes

Break

Session 2: “Selective Exposure and Partisan Echo Chambers: Evidence from Linked Television Viewership, Administrative, and Survey Data” David Broockman
Discussant: Josh McCrain

Session 3: “Subjective and Objective Measurement of Democratic Backsliding” Andrew Little
Discussant: Neil Malhotra

Lunch

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Break

Panel:

• “How Uncertainty May Drive Moderate Voters to Choose Extreme Candidates” Minjae Kim
• “Undue hate: defining, documenting, and explaining excessive affective polarization” Daniel Stone

Session 4: “Cross-Partisan Discussion De-Polarizes White Americans’ Racial Policy Preferences” Emily West
Discussant: Robb Willer

Grad Student Poster Gallery / Reception

Dinner

Breakfast

Session 5: “Covering Election Denial: Local Journalists in the 2022 Midterms” Erik Peterson
Discussant: Josh Kalla

Session 6: “Correcting Misperceptions and Support for Peace: How Informational Corrections Influence Intergroup Attitudes in Violent Settings” Samara Klar
Discussant: Mo Fiorina

Break

Session 7: “Megastudy identifying successful interventions to strengthen Americans’ democratic attitudes” Jan Voelkel and Robb Willer
Discussant: Justin Grimmer

Lunch Served

Lunch Panel

• Community Presentation: More in Common
• “Political Meta-Perceptions Drive Us Apart, But Correcting Them Can Bring Us Together” Samantha Moore-Berg
• “Status Threat, Incivility, and Polarization: Results from the Aftermath of the 2022 Midterms” Bryan Gervais