News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Context
Live television coverage of the national party conventions gives the nominees the opportunity to present themselves unmediated and at length to the American people.
Research
The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns
This paper considers the challenges and opportunities of conducting a thick, qualitative study of a twenty-first century presidential ground campaign.
Unresponsive and Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of a Voter Persuasion Effort
To date, field experiments on campaign tactics have focused overwhelmingly on mobilization and voter turnout, with far more limited attention to persuasion and vote choice.
Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash
Rising support for populist parties has disrupted the politics of many Western societies. What explains this phenomenon? Two theories are examined here.
The Ethics of Later Abortion
Electoral Integrity in East Asia
News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Primaries: Horse Race Reporting Has Consequences
How did the news media cover the 2016 presidential primaries and how did it affect the candidates’ chances?
Electoral Integrity in East Asia
Pre-Primary News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Race: Trump’s Rise, Sanders’ Emergence, Clinton’s Struggle
What’s the best predictor of which candidate will win the presidential nomination? The winner of the Iowa caucus?
What Difference Can It Make: Why Write Books on Global Justice in the First Place?
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