Voter turnout has puzzled political scientists ever since Anthony Downs postulated the
paradox of voting. Despite decades of research aiming to understand what drives citizens to …

The term “personalization” in politics evokes media pictures of French presidents who,
freshly divorced, whisper sweet nothings to former top-models, or of German Ministers of …

In this article we analyze the effects of election salience on affective polarization. Campaigns
and elections epitomize the moment of maximum political conflict, information spread …

The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive
coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …

We report the results of the first large-scale experiment involving paid political advertising.
During the opening months of a 2006 gubernatorial campaign, approximately $2 million of …

A long tradition of research focuses on conversation as a key catalyst for community
integration and a focal mediator of media influence on participation. Changes in media …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a
model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity. Historically, though …

We study the persuasive effects of political advertising. Our empirical strategy exploits FCC
regulations that result in plausibly exogenous variation in the number of impressions across …

In a democracy, knowledge is power. Research explaining the determinants of knowledge
focuses on unchanging demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. This study …