In this episode of NICD Chat, Timothy J. Shaffer, PhD speaks with Joshua Darr, PhD at Louisiana State University and Matthew P. Hitt, PhD at Colorado State University. They speak about their book Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slo

NICD Chat - Social Media, Misinformation, and Democracy

Nov 18th, 2021 1h 4m

NICD's Timothy Shaffer facilitates an engaging discussion about the relationship of social media, misinformation, and civil discourse in democracy. Guests include three members of the NICD Research Network. Patricia Rossini is a Derby Fellow in

NICD Chat - Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side, Conversation with Robert Talisse

Oct 18th, 2021 1h 32m

Robert B. Talisse is the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University and author of Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side (Oxford University Press, 2021). This conversation between NICD's Dr. Timothy Shaffer an

NICD Chat - The Ubiquitous Presidency: Conversation with Joshua M. Scacco and Kevin Coe

Aug 5th, 2021 1h 13m

Recently, Oxford University Press has published The Ubiquitous Presidency: Presidential Communication and Digital Democracy in Tumultuous Times, written by Joshua M. Scacco and Kevin Coe. In this episode of NICD Chat, Timothy Shaffer speaks wit

NICD Chat with Bob Bordone - Conflict Resilience and Engaging Values, Not Positions

Apr 16th, 2021 47m 38s

Bob Bordone is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, author, coach, and teacher on negotiation, mediation, consensus-building, dialogue, and facilitation. He is the founder and principal at the Cambridge Negotiation Institute. He is al

NICD Chat - Emily Sydnor’s Disrespectful Democracy

Jan 8th, 2020 53m 47s

Emily Sydnor is assistant professor of political science at Southwestern University who has recently published Disrespectful Democracy: The Psychology of Political Incivility from Columbia University Press. This episode explores the book and it

NICD Chat - Jennifer Mercieca, Is Our Public Sphere Under Attack?

Sep 27th, 2019 47m 14s

This episode of NICD Chat is a lecture by Dr. Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University. She spoke at the third biannual NICD Research Convening that took place September 26-28, 2019 in Tucson, Arizona. Dr.

NICD Chat - Using Conversations to Bridge Any Divide

Sep 12th, 2019 1h 2m

This is a special episode of NICD Chat, rebroadcasting an interview between Becky Margiotta of the Unleashing Social Change podcast and Cheryl Graeve of NICD.~~~Racial, political, and generational division are not new concepts. We’ve been fac

NICD Chat - A Heavy Dose of Civility and Integrity

Aug 25th, 2019 21m 42s

NICD Chat - A dialogue between former NICD Executive Director (now Emerita) Carolyn Lukensmeyer and former White House Chief of Staff Thomas F. McLarty III. They speak about their shared time in the White House during the Clinton administration

Episode 3 - NICD Chat About Social Media and Fake News in Election 2016

Aug 15th, 2019 30m 35s

A conversation between Jane Calderwood and Tracey Todd about the role of social media and fake news in the 2016 election.

NICD Chat with Michele Chadwick

Aug 14th, 2019 29m 29s

A conversation with Michele Chadwick of Gem County, Idaho about her work in public office and how it connects with civility.

NICD Chat with Lewis Diuguid

Aug 14th, 2019 35m 35s

NICD Chat with Lewis Diuguid, a long time member of The Kansas City Star’s editorial board who stepped down from that position in October 2016. To follow Diuguid, visit https://twitter.com/diuguidlewis.

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