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Refresh Your Feed: Engage with Opposing Viewpoints

How to Connect with Conversations Outside of Your Filter Bubble

Finding Opposing Viewpoints

Sometimes you must actively seek out information instead of passively receiving it. In this case, it may be beneficial to step outside of voices and sources that mirror your own perspective.

Why would you want to find opposing opposing viewpoints? Where do you start to find opposing viewpoints? 

Watch the video below and explore this pages' resources to get started on answering these questions.

Finding Opposing Viewpoints

View the embedded video and complete the Finding Opposing Viewpoints Worksheet.

Resources for Finding Opposing Viewpoints

Davidson College Library Resources

Each of these resources provide an overview of topics and issues that presents various positions on those topics. Requires a Davidson email account to access

Web Resources

Additional Resources for Finding Opposing Viewpoints

The following resources are freely available and accessible to the public

Pro Con is a non-biased information source that presents pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, thoroughly researched and compiled by our research staff and editors.

Public Policy Hot Topics (A-Z) Research Guide is a library guide organized by topic with links to government agencies, statistics, nonprofit organizations and research studies. Compiled by Vanderbilt University Library.

Davidson College Library Research Guides are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mailing Address: Davidson College - E.H. Little Library, 209 Ridge Road, Box 5000, Davidson, NC 28035