{"id":363252,"date":"2019-02-07T16:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=363252"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:05:02","slug":"whats-the-problem-with-civility-363252","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/whats-the-problem-with-civility-363252\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the problem with civility?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cOne of the things that we can do to help young people engage better in politics is to help them understand how \u2018political shortcuts\u2019 work.\u201d<\/div>\n

If you look at social media, or just simply read, watch, or listen to the news, it\u2019s easy to get the sense that America is more polarized than ever.<\/p>\n

Is it just politics, or is there a broader issue to consider? In one recent and recognizable example, when students from Covington, Kentucky\u2014many of whom were wearing Make America Great Again hats\u2014were recorded in what looked to many like a standoff confrontation with a Native American elder, the video went viral. When new video of the moments leading up to the incident emerged, many argued the additional footage offered context that complicated the original story, and both social and mainstream media were rebuked for what seemed to be a rush to judgement.<\/p>\n

In a recent episode of the University of Rochester\u2019s Quadcast podcast<\/a>, Joan Saab<\/a>, vice provost of academic affairs and the Susan B. Anthony Professor of Art\u00a0History and Visual and Cultural Studies; David Primo<\/a>, the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor and associate professor of political science and business administration; and Kevin Meuwissen<\/a>, associate professor at the Warner School of Education sat down with University Communications to discuss how we bridge America\u2019s social and political divide. An edited version of that conversation follows.<\/p>\n

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