From the University of Pennsylvania press release: In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the stern faces of newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather… Read more »
From the Lehigh University press release: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, political ideology has been perhaps the strongest predictor of consumers’ perceptions of the coronavirus’ threat. According to a new study… Read more »
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: How can the partisan divide be bridged when conservatives and liberals consume the same political content, yet interpret it through their… Read more »
From the Michigan State University press release: When people say that they want to change things about their personalities, they might not know about the inadvertent consequences these changes could… Read more »
From the Yale University press release: Every four years, U.S. presidential campaigns collectively spend billions of dollars flooding TV screens across the country with political ads. But a new study… Read more »
From the press release: Yard signs for a local politician captured the curiosity of Katherine Haenschen. “I was driving through the region and noticed the same campaign was using a… Read more »
From the University of Freiburg press release: The question may be as old as democracy itself: are physically attractive people elected more often than less attractive opponents? In two studies… Read more »
From the University of Houston press release: It’s not just fake news. As social networks have become bigger players in shaping opinions about partisan elections, new research suggests that subtle… Read more »
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: Star Trek’s Spock would not be surprised: People are “illogical.” New research exploring American liberals and conservatives shows that regardless… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Trying to take someone else’s perspective may make you less open to their opposing views, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of… Read more »
