Both academic researchers and political pundits have warned about the cumulative effects of partisan media over time. This concern hinges…
We study newsworthiness in theory and practice. We focus on situations in which a news outlet observes the realization of a state of the…
An enormous body of academic and journalistic work argues that opaque recommendation algorithms contribute to political polarization by…
Two of the most significant concerns about the contemporary United States are the erosion of democratic institutions and the increase in…
Research in American foreign policy holds that the public’s support for war significantly depends on the number of US casualties in the…
To what extent do partisan media polarize political attitudes? Although recent methodological advancements have improved scholars’ ability…
This white paper recommends a range of steps the Biden Administration should
take to counter disinformation and other harmful content on…
The First Amendment guarantees some of the most fundamental rights provided to Americans under the Constitution. The right to free…
Privacy has always been one of the most precarious rights of American life because it lacks clear protections in the U.S. Constitution. The…
We conducted a mixed-methods research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan consisting of surveys, survey experiments, and semi-…