Emotional Tone and the Development of Affective Polarization in American Youth

• In Event: Partisan Hostility

Brief Overview

We validate quantitative measures of affective polarization modified for use with children (mean age: 12.6) using natural language processing as well as report on ongoing qualitative analysis exploring the development of youth affective polarization.

Authors

• Rachel Hutchins, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Lyn M van Swol, University of Wisconsin–Madison