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Developing Critical Inquiry

Civil Discourse and Democracy: Unteaching Divisive Argumentation Through Critical Inquiry

marzo 1, 2025 by Alaa Al-Musalli

Abstract Despite the many positive effects of social media, the rise of extremist views and outrage culture and decline of Civil Discourse (CD) on many platforms have been a growing concern for decades. Conversation decorum and the ability to agree to disagree have been replaced with overconfidence, finger pointing, disinformation, cancel culture, gas lighting, and the … [Read more...] about Civil Discourse and Democracy: Unteaching Divisive Argumentation Through Critical Inquiry

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