A few years ago the Guardian reported that there had been an exponential rise in news stories that used the term 'culture wars'.
They also reported on the results of a radio poll in 2021, in which respondents were asked 'when politicians talk about a 'culture war', what do you think they mean?'
The results were that only 7% came up with a relevant answer, 15% got it wrong, and 76% said they didn't know. So what is a culture war?
Our resident science expert, Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University has been giving this some thought and joins us.
A young boy raises his fist for a photo by a family friend during a demonstration on May 31, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images / AFP
