When Does Interparty Conversation Harm or Heal Affective Polarization?

• In Event: Political Communication: Deliberation and Debate

Brief Overview

It's unclear if everyday interparty conversations reinforce or mitigate today's heightened levels of outparty animosity. I find that political conversation decreases outparty animosity, but that non-political conversation does so to a greater extent.

Author

• Erin Rossiter, Washington University in St. Louis