Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks…
We offer the first quantitative analysis of rape culture in the United States. Observers have long worried that biased news coverage of…
Venezuela has seen an unprecedented exodus of people in recent months. In response to a dramatic economic downturn in which inflation is…
The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age. Concern…
This study assesses the relationship between political partisanship and attitudes and behavior with respect to the H1N1 virus (swine flu)…
From Broadway to the Beltway, this is the Mormon moment. On stage, "The Book of Mormon: The Musical" is a wildly popular satire, and on…
This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to answer the question of whether informed voters can…
The field of public opinion is one of the most diverse in political science. Over the last 60 years, scholars have drawn upon the…
What happens when speakers try to “dodge” a question they would rather not answer by answering a different question? In 4 studies, we show…
Public opinion and the media form the foundation of the United States' representative democracy. They are the subject of enormous scrutiny…