In recent years, the study of political participation has benefited from growing attention to the
study of social networks. Historically, most explanations for political participation have …

Although field experiments have long been used to study voter turnout, only recently has this
research method generated widespread scholarly interest. This article reviews the …

As people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as
Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing …

Inattention and imperfect information bias behavior toward the salient and immediately
visible. This distortion creates costs for individuals, the organizations in which they work, and …

The chapter offers an overview and critical reflections on current approaches to the study of
emotion and politics, highlighting both conceptual challenges and possibilities for …

Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political
decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political …

The safety perception of the built environment, rather than the sheer number of crimes and
incivility behavior, is a fundamental driver of public policies intended to improve urban …

Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic
deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers who work the phones and …

Field experiments and regression discontinuity designs test whether voting is habit forming
by examining whether a random shock to turnout in one election affects participation in …

Interpersonal communication presents a methodological challenge and a research
opportunity for researchers involved in field experiments. The challenge is that …