Trust in nonpartisan news is essential to civil society—but is declining in the United States. However, language that demonstrates active…
Over 30,000 field experiments with The Washington Post and Upworthy showed that readers prefer simpler headlines (e.g., more common words…
We study newsworthiness in theory and practice. We focus on situations in which a news outlet observes the realization of a state of the…
How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
“In Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh brings her graceful storytelling and incisive critique to the challenges that define our times--class…
Al Jazeera’s global headquarters fill a sandy patch of land on the outskirts of Doha. Only the security is impressive; the campus itself is…
Media outlets in multiparty electoral systems tend to report on a wider range of policy issues than media in two-party systems. They thus…
As temperatures drop across the East Coast, where the clean up efforts from Super Storm Sandy are ongoing, stories of resilience are…
Ballot initiatives are consequential and common, with total spending on initiative campaigns in
the US rivaling that of Presidential…