Shifting media diets are increasingly viewed as a key driver of political polarization. In particular, prior research has focused on greater choice between partisan outlets and the rise of online news. This paper sheds light on a heretofore understudied yet equally salient development: the decline of local news. We argue that local news exits can induce polarization by increasing exposure to news about national politics, where partisan and ideological differences are more salient than at the local level.
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Das Projekt untersucht die Auswirkungen des algorithmischen Managements (AM) für die Beschäftigten und identifiziert Handlungsbedarfe und Einflussmöglichkeiten der Arbeitnehmervertretung. Durch den Einsatz von AM-Systemen lassen sich Arbeitsprozesse und Aufgabenausführung mit Hilfe von Algorithmen steuern und optimieren. Sofern die Interessen und Bedürfnisse der Beschäftigten dabei nicht einbezogen werden, wächst das Risiko einer Arbeitsintensivierung und verstärkten Standardisierung, Kontrolle und Überwachung ihrer Tätigkeit.
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School-to-work transitions (STWT) have been studied from a perspective that enables us to consider the individual and institutional factors involved in this transition. This is how the institutions like education and the labor market interact with what different individuals decide to do within these transitions. It is a perspective that allows considering the interaction between individuals and institutions (Allmendinger, 1989; Gangl, 2001; Shavit et al., 1998). Work constitutes a fundamental part of individuals´ life and is an important generator of individual and social welfare.