1. Investigating the Effect of Empathy and News Readership on Affective Polarization Open Access Author: Zhang, Steven Title: Investigating the Effect of Empathy and News Readership on Affective Polarization Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: affective polarizationempathynews readershipnewsnews consumptionpolarizationpoliticspsychologybehaviorpolitical psychologypolitical divideparty polarizationpartisanpartisanship File: Download Zhang_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Peter K Hatemi, Thesis SupervisorMatthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor