Perceptions of factual reality now come in partisan shades of red and blue, rendering large swaths of the American citizenry stubbornly misinformed and ever more disdainful of inter-partisan cooperation. What are the factors, specifically, that drive such dueling fact perceptions? What are the ensuing consequences? And how effective are the correctives to misinformation that reformers have proposed?
General Objectives
Structure intellectual exchange among the nation's leading contributors to this line of inquiry
Synthesize existing knowledge
Prioritize remaining questions
Chart a collaborative research agenda going forward
