Current Research Projects
Changes to the Global Media Landscape
The newest projects in my research agenda examine questions about the political implications of the changing global media environment, namely expanding media choice and Internet proliferation.
Current Projects:
The newest projects in my research agenda examine questions about the political implications of the changing global media environment, namely expanding media choice and Internet proliferation.
Current Projects:
- “Does Internet Penetration Help Small or Extreme Parties’ Electoral Success?” (With Josh Potter)
- “Media Fragmentation and Elite and Mass Polarization” (With Nick Davis)
- "Does Media Fragmentation Polarize Elites?" (With Nick Davis and Chris Weber)
Campaign News
My research addresses questions relating to the myriad of different institutional and contextual factors that influence news media coverage of campaigns, candidates, and issues. I am also interested in exploring these influences on the quality of information in political news more generally (i.e. political processes occurring outside the campaign context).
Current projects:
Current projects:
- “The Effects of Early Voting on Political Advertising” (With Robert M. Stein)
- “Substance vs. Bias: Is Neutral Campaign News Coverage Less Informative?” (With Jeremy Padgett and Rosanne Scholl)
- “Media Markets and Campaign News Slant.”
- “Examining News Quality on Twitter.” (With Ashley Kirzinger and Robert K. Goidel)
- “Candidate and News Media Agenda Convergence” (With Amy Bradley)
- “Does Skin Tone Shape Individuals’ Perceptions of Commonality and Competition with Other Racial and Ethnic Groups?” (With Betina Wilkinson and Jim Garand).
- “Early Voting News Cycles and Voter Competence” (With Bob Stein)
News Coverage of Groups and Events
While most of my research examines influences on campaign related news, I also examine factors that influence how immigrants, immigration related issues, Latinos, women, and events such as the Gulf oil spill are depicted in the news.
Current projects:
Current projects:
- “The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill: A Very Local Story.” (With Ashley Kirzinger and Robert K. Goidel).
- “The Use of Manifest vs. Latent Gender Cues in Political Advertising.” (With Newly Paul)
- “News Media Attention and the Effects of Spanish Language Political Advertising.” (With Marisa Abrajano and Newly Paul)
Political Advertising
Another area of my research centers on political advertising.
Current Projects:
Current Projects:
- “Political Ad Context and Campaign News Coverage”
- “The Use of Manifest vs. Latent Gender Cues in Political Advertising.” (With Newly Paul)
- “News Media Attention and the Effects of Spanish Language Political Advertising.” (With Marisa Abrajano and Newly Paul)
- “The Effects of Early Voting on Political Advertising” (With Robert M. Stein)
