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Category: Center for Political Communication

February 11, 2025 Hosted by Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie

The Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Tailor Made to Trigger MAGA - The New Abnormal

February 11, 2025 | Hosted by Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie

On an episode of the podcast The New Abnormal, Dannagal Young, professor and director of the Center for Political Communication, talked with show host Andy Levy about the exploitability of common sense, and how populist leaders weaponize it to their benefit.
Trump policies sow chaos, confusion across scientific community

February 06, 2025 | Written by Joel Achenbach and Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Washington Post

U.S. scientists, unaccustomed to shock-and-awe political assaults, are reeling from President Donald Trump’s executive orders on DEI, gender and other subjects.
How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological weapon to undermine facts

February 06, 2025 | Written by Dannagal Young

“Common sense” is what’s known to scholars as a “lay epistemology,” or how regular people make sense of the world. We don’t rely on statistical evidence or expert research while we’re buying lettuce or driving in traffic. Instead, we’re guided by direct experience, emotions and intuition.