Pluralistic Collapse: The “Oil Spill” Model of Mass Opinion Polarization

@apokerplayer Oh cool, so yes evidence of this type of polarization 👍 (conflict extension/'oil spill' - I think there's another useful term for this that I'm forgetting...) https://t.co/bQ3Nc2MCd2 https://t.co/xDXHLKPjGZ

@wahlforschung @Sonntagssozio @GeritThomas @Nando80210236 @grautoene Also ich finde z.B. das "oil spill" model der politischen Polarisierung z.B. innovativ und sehr spannend. Und es ist soziologisch. https://t.co/O9ZNz7COOq

The mistake is to act like one side has an active role in this. As Dellaposta argues, polarisation behaves like an oil spill; the polarisation of certain issues causes other issues to become polarised via a process of belief consolidation. https://t.co/Up8

@jbakcoleman Yes, big fan of that line of work by @BetsyOgburn As also a social scientist, I like to relate it to https://t.co/Wm2t06ZPBA