Campaigns and movements to influence public opinion, raise consciousness, etc. (e.g., environmentalism, student protest, Tea Party, libertarianism, climate change denial) Religion and ideology are included here. The Civil Rights Movement and Feminism are filed elsewhere.
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- Attitude change
- Disinformation
- Occupy Movement
- Public funding of religious schools
- UNC campus
- *PBS Frontline - Climate of Doubt
Related Film: Climate of Doubt FRONTLINE explores the massive shift in public opinion on climate change.
- Aaron McCright - Examining the Effectiveness of Climate Change Frames in the Face of a Climate Change Denial Counter-Frame
Examining the Effectiveness of Climate Change Frames in the Face of a Climate Change Denial Counter-Frame Aaron M. McCright, Meghan Charters, Katherine Dentzman andThomas Dietz Topics in Cognitive Science, first published online: 30 Nov 2015 "... exposure to an ACC [anthropogenic climate change] denial counter-frame does significantly reduce respondents' belief in the reality of ACC, belief about the veracity of climate science, awareness of the consequences of ACC, and support for aggressively attempting to reduce our nation's GHG emissions in the near future."
- Baptist pastor commands wives to ‘submit’: The ‘feminist rebellion’ is destroying America
Baptist pastor commands wives to ‘submit’: The ‘feminist rebellion’ is destroying America David Edwards, Raw Story, 06 Dec 2015 (Includes 6:30 min video of fthe sermon.)
- Bracing for Islamic Creationism
Science 12 December 2008;322:1637-1638
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Bracing for Islamic Creationism
Salman Hameed
- Diane Rehm Show - A Conversation With Faith Leaders On Moral Leadership In Today’s Political Climate
Diane Rehm Show - A Conversation With Faith Leaders On Moral Leadership In Today’s Political Climate December 23, 2015 A conversation with faith leaders on responding to escalating violence against Muslim-Americans and providing moral leadership in fearful times. Guests: Tom Gjelten covers religion and belief for NPR; author of "A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story" Akbar Ahmed chair of Islamic studies at American University, former Pakistani high commissioner to the U.K. his forthcoming book is titled “Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Empire” Mariann Edgar Budde Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. Reverend Derrick Harkins senior vice president for innovations in public programming, Union Theological Seminary; former Director of Faith Outreach for the Democratic Party and adviser to President Obama; former senior pastor, The Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Rabbi Gil Steinlauf senior rabbi, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, DC
- Diane Rehm Show - A Defiant Kentucky County Clerk And The Cultural Divide Over Same-Sex Marriage
"In June, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The day after that ruling, Kim Davis, a clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, began refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing her religious beliefs as an Apostolic Christian. Last week, Davis was held in contempt of court and spent Labor Day weekend in jail. This week, she’s been set free; her lawyers say she’ll return to work on Monday. What will happen when she gets there? Supporters of Davis say she should not be forced to comply with a law that violates her religion. Critics say the rule of law requires that she issue the licenses or resign. We look at Davis’ case and the cultural divide over same-sex marriage." Guests: Evan Wolfson founder and president, Freedom to Marry Perry Bacon senior political reporter, NBC News; former national political reporter, Time and The Washington Post Brian Brown president, National Organization For Marriage Guest host: Susan Page 9/10/2015
- Diane Rehm Show - The Potential Dangers Of Fake News
Dec 8, 2016 The son of Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser has resigned for spreading a fake news story that led to an armed confrontation at a D.C. restaurant. The danger of fake news and how to combat it. Host Diane Rehm Guests Marc Fisher senior editor, Washington Post Cecilia Kang technology reporter, The New York Times Laura Sydell digital culture correspondent, NPR
- Frank Schaeffer - "Evangelical Royalty" recants
- Gervais and Norenzayan: Analytic thinking promotes religious disbelief
Science 27 April 2012;336:493-496
Analytic Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief
Will M. Gervais, Ara Norenzayan
"Scientific interest in the cognitive underpinnings of religious belief has grown in recent years. However, to date, little experimental research has focused on the cognitive processes that may promote religious disbelief. The present studies apply a dual-process model of cognitive processing to this problem, testing the hypothesis that analytic processing promotes religious disbelief. Individual differences in the tendency to analytically override initially flawed intuitions in reasoning were associated with increased religious disbelief. Four additional experiments provided evidence of causation, as subtle manipulations known to trigger analytic processing also encouraged religious disbelief. Combined, these studies indicate that analytic processing is one factor (presumably among several) that promotes religious disbelief. Although these findings do not speak directly to conversations about the inherent rationality, value, or truth of religious beliefs, they illuminate one cognitive factor that may influence such discussions."
- Girl Scouts, lesbians, abortion
- Has America Lost Its Mind? (35 min)
Joshua Johnson, host; 1A, WAMU, Sep. 6, 2017 Journalist, author and radio host Kurt Andersen had an epiphany when he saw the first episode of “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, more than ten years ago. Now, in an age of “alternative facts” and #fakenews, conspiracy theories and vaccination panics, Anderson asks how it all began. His new book “Fantasyland,” tracks what he see’s as “a 500-year history” of “how America went haywire.” Guest: Kurt Andersen, Host and co-creator of Studio 360, a public radio show and podcast; author of "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire","Heydey", and "Turn of the Century"; former cultural columnist and critic for Time and The New Yorker
- Huffington Post - Solar Farm Rejected Amid Fears It Will 'Suck Up The Sun's Energy'
Solar Farm Rejected Amid Fears It Will 'Suck Up The Sun's Energy' Residents were concerned it would stop plants from growing and cause cancer. Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post 12/14/2015
- Indiana Sentences Purvi Patel to 20 Years for Feticide
Indiana Sentences Purvi Patel to 20 Years for Feticide
By Jennifer Chowdhury, NBC News, First published March 31st 2015, 9:04 am
- Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity
Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity by Laura Levis, Harvard Magazine, November-December 2015
- Stephan Lewandowsky - Recursive Fury goes recurrent
Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor, School of Experimental Psychology and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol. Posted on 21 March 2014 Concerning attacks on his paper on climate change denialist thinking.
- Texas approves textbooks with Moses as Founding Father
Texas approves textbooks with Moses as Founding Father November 21, 2014 by Michael Stone, Progressive Secular Humanist
- The 'Weaponization' Of Social Media — And Its Real-World Consequences (36 min)
WHYY Fresh Air, October 9, 2018. Host Dave Davies speaks with P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking about Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media, their new book in which they write that social media have been manipulated to fuel popular uprisings and affect the course of military and political campaigns through the use of deceptive messages disseminated by bots.
- The ideological divide and climate change opinion: “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches
Jennifer Jacquet, Monica Dietrich and John T. Jost Mini Review Front. Psychol., 18 December 2014 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01458 The United States wields disproportionate global influence in terms of carbon dioxide emissions and international climate policy. This makes it an especially important context in which to examine the interplay among social, psychological, and political factors in shaping attitudes and behaviors related to climate change. In this article, we review the emerging literature addressing the liberal-conservative divide in the U.S. with respect to thought, communication, and action concerning climate change. Because of its theoretical and practical significance, we focus on the motivational basis for skepticism and inaction on the part of some, including “top-down” institutional forces, such as corporate strategy, and “bottom-up” psychological factors, such as ego, group, and system justification. Although more research is needed to elucidate fully the social, cognitive, and motivational bases of environmental attitudes and behavior, a great deal has been learned in just a few years by focusing on specific ideological factors in addition to general psychological principles.
- The Religious Right origins
- What faith can do for 9 global challenges
What faith can do for 9 global challenges By Chris Seiple, World Economic Forum, Nov 26 2015