PNAS · 2021
Most people think they're pretty good at spotting fake news — but this paper shows that the gap between how good people think they are and how good they actually are is itself a …
JQD · 2021
Analyzes Facebook emoji reactions to political party posts across 79 democracies to study emotional responses to partisan political communication. The study reveals systematic …
JSSM · 2020
Demonstrates how adaptive testing methods can dramatically reduce the number of survey questions needed to measure personality traits without sacrificing measurement accuracy. The …
Misinformation Review · 2020
Challenges the prevailing view that fake news has broad effects on political attitudes and behavior. While exposure to false claims does increase belief in those claims, the study …
PNAS · 2020
Can a short online video actually make people better at telling real news from fake? This paper tests a brief digital media literacy intervention across two very different …
PRQ · 2019
Uses long-term panel data spanning the Obama era to examine the sources of stability and change in party identification. The study finds that while party ID is generally stable, …
R&P · 2018
Revisits the white backlash hypothesis in the context of death penalty opinion. Using experimental methods, the study examines how racial cues in criminal justice contexts shape …
APR · 2016
Investigates the stability of individual policy preferences and ideological constraint over time. The findings challenge assumptions about mass ideological consistency, showing …
AJPS · 2015
Examines how political consultant networks facilitate the diffusion of campaign strategies across congressional elections. By mapping consultant ties between campaigns, the study …
PA · 2015
Develops a statistically principled approach to detecting electoral fraud using forensic analysis of vote return distributions. By incorporating prior knowledge about legitimate …