Abstract Over the period from heyday of McCarthyism to present, percentage American people not feeling free express their views has tripled. In 2020, more than four in ten engaged self-censorship. Our analyses over-time and cross-sectional variability suggest that, first, self-censorship is connected affective polarization among mass public, with greater associated Second, levels opposition ful...

One of the major public health measures to manage and contain outbreak COVID-19 pandemic was engage in systematic contact tracing, which required gastronomy, community sporting venues keep patron registers. Stand-alone web-based applications, developed by a range private IT providers, soon replaced pen-and-paper lists. With introduction uniform, state-wide, mandatory data collection system, the...

Abstract Democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern European countries is on the rise. Independent judiciaries, other institutions of liberal democracy, as well civil liberties media freedom are being undermined, coupled with human rights dignity certain groups curtailed or even violated. In these difficult political legal circumstances, non-state actors, such interest groups, face many chal...

In recent years, discourses around the Islamic ‘burqa’ have proliferated in Western Europe and in Canada. France and Belgium have been the epicentres of significant ‘burqa’ political storms, which have resulted in the passing of laws that prohibit full-face veiling in all public spaces. Other countries have witnessed similar debates, with the Netherlands coming close to adopting a law banning t...

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This report describes the findings of a pilot study that examined 17 domains of civil legal problems among individuals in drug treatment in one urban setting, the extent to which they seek help to resolve a potential legal problem, and their reasons for not seeking legal assistance. More than half the participants reported at least one legal problem related to health care and/or work, and nearl...

Abstract This article examines UK newspaper coverage during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic March-August 2020. A qualitative framing analysis public messaging on age in five high circulation newspapers provides a detailed account who is deemed to be at risk dying from COVID-19. Newspapers represent older people as most risk, with disability secondary factor. Reports responsible, and blame f...

Volunteer moderators of online platforms have done fundamental work to foster social relations for over forty years. Moderators create, support, and control public discourse for millions of people, even as their uncompensated labor upholds platform funding models. In this paper, I examine the “civic labor” of moderators on the social news platform reddit, where a strike by over two thousand sub...