Politicians compete with each other for votes, political positions and popularity in an attempt
to translate their ideological ideas into policy. Due to a lack of face-to-face interactions …

Trending topic diffusion and prediction analysis is an important problem and has been well
studied in social networks. Representation learning is an effective way to extract node …

Opinion polls play an important role in modern democratic processes: they are known to not
only affect the outcomes of elections, but also have a significant influence on government …

When reporting on election results, the media declare parties as election 'winners' or 'losers',
which has important consequences for voter perceptions and government formation. This …

Public opinion polls have become vital and increasingly visible parts of election campaigns.
Previous research has frequently demonstrated that polls can influence both citizens' voting …

We investigate the political power of credit rating agencies by building a theoretical model
that illustrates how heterogeneous voters change their political preferences after receiving …

Reporting on public opinion is an important task of journalists in democracies. There are
several ways in which journalists can portray public opinion:(1) opinion polls (2) inferences …

Urban and roadside trees contribute to health and resilience. However, when trees or
branches fall, it can cause injuries or deaths. This study examined trends and variations of …

Although the news media both reflect and shape public opinion, little is known about how
they actually portray public opinion in an integrated manner. A large-scale content analysis …

Do politicians demand change if party support is slipping in opinion polls? If so, should a
party change its program or just the way it communicates with voters? To investigate this, we …