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Conflict Actors
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Escalation Educators
Escalation Educators expose the dangers posed by conflict escalation and closely linked hyper-polarization, and help people in all walks of life learn the skills needed to avoid escalation and polarization in the first place, and if it is too late for that, reverse it and start to heal its wounds.
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Mediators and Conciliators
Mediators and Conciliators help deeply-conflicted parties break down their polarization and escalation by helping them, often for the first time, really listen to and come to understand the concerns of the other side, and helping them reframe their conflict, so they no longer see it as the fault of the other side, but rather as a mutual problem that can be solved.
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Crisis Responders
Crisis Responders act quickly to prevent or contain violent (or sometimes just especially hateful and destructive) confrontations. Their focus may be on preventing eminent violence, bringing an end to ongoing violence, or preventing violence from reemerging (or all of the above.)
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Overcoming Hyper-Polarization, Escalation, and the Forces of Disintegration
Polarization and escalation tend to make conflicts increasingly intense. But there are a variety of conflict resolution strategies that can help de-polarize and de-escalate conflicts so that they at least do less damage, and at best, might be resolved.
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De-escalation
De-escalation can take place through de-escalatory language (such as I messages and active listening) and de-escalatory behaviors such as conciliatory gestures, gradual reduction in tension (GRIT) and other measures designed to break negative stereotypes and build confidence between groups.
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New Study: A Promising Method to Build Trust in Information and Reduce Partisan Animosity
A new method significantly reduced feelings of hostility between political party members to a level that resembles the political climate of the 1980s, when Republicans and Democrats got along.