Selected Article Publications
"Are Nonprobability Surveys Fit for Purpose?" Public Opinion Quarterly (2023).
"Issue Importance and the Correction of Misinformation." With Robert Vidigal. Political Communication 39, 6 (2022): 715-736.
“Does it Matter if Respondents Look up Answers to Political Knowledge Questions?” With Hillary Style. Public Opinion Quarterly 84, 3 (2020): 760-775.
“Political Misinformation.” With Yangzi Zhao. Annual Review of Political Science 23 (2020): 77-94.
“How Internet Search Undermines the Validity of Political Knowledge Measures.” With Scott Clifford and Brianna Smith. Political Research Quarterly 73, 1 (2020): 141-155.
“The Prevalence and Persuasive Power of Exemplars in News Coverage of Politics.” With Jason Barabas and Ben Gaskins. International Journal of Press/Politics 25, 1 (2020): 96-114.
“Differences between National and Local Media in News Coverage of the Zika Virus.” With Yangzi Zhao, Megan Tan, and Munifa Wheeler. Health Communication 34, 14 (2019): 1816-1823.
“Disgust, Anxiety, and Political Learning in the Face of Threat.” With Scott Clifford. American Journal of Political Science 62, 2 (2018): 266-279.
“Revisiting the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge.” With Jason Barabas. Political Behavior 39, 4 (2017): 817-838.
“Cheating on Political Knowledge Questions in Online Surveys: An Assessment of the Problem and Solutions.” With Scott Clifford. Public Opinion Quarterly 80, 4 (2016): 858-887.
“Measured vs. Manipulated: Investigating the Performance of Self-Reported Media Exposure with an Experimental Benchmark.” With Jason Barabas, Will Pollock, Susan Banducci, Dan Stevens, and Martijn Schoonvelde. Communication Methods and Measures 10, 2-3 (2016): 99-114.
“Do Attempts to Improve Respondent Attention Increase Social Desirability Bias?” With Scott Clifford. Public Opinion Quarterly. 79, 3(2015): 790-802.
“Moral Concerns and Policy Attitudes: Investigating the Influence of Elite Rhetoric.” With Scott Clifford, Carlisle Rainey, and Matt Motyl. Political Communication, 32 (2015): 229-248.
“The Question(s) of Political Knowledge.” With Jason Barabas, William Pollock, and Carlisle Rainey. American Political Science Review, 108, 4 (2014): 840-855.
“Is There a Cost to Convenience? An Experimental Comparison of Data Quality in Laboratory and Online Studies.” With Scott Clifford. Journal of Experimental Political Science, 1, 2 (2014): 120-131.
“How Words do the Work of Politics: Moral Foundations Theory and the Debate over Stem Cell Research.” With Scott Clifford. Journal of Politics, 73, 3 (2013): 659-671.
“Comparing Contemporaneous Laboratory and Field Experiments on Media Effects.” With Scott Clifford and Jason Barabas. Public Opinion Quarterly, 77, 1 (2013): 256-282.
“Partisan Perceptual Bias and the Information Environment.” With Jason Barabas. Journal of Politics, 74, 3 (2012): 672-684.
“Internet News: Is It a Replacement for Traditional Media Outlets?” With Ben Gaskins. International Journal of Press/Politics, 17, 2 (2012): 190-213.
“Are Survey Experiments Externally Valid?” With Jason Barabas. American Political Science Review, 104, 2 (2010): 226-242.
“How Predictive Appeals Shape Policy Opinions.” American Journal of Political Science, 53, 2 (2009): 411-426.
“Understanding the Knowledge Gap: The Role of Experts and Journalists.” Journal of Politics, 71, 2 (2009): 442-456.
“Estimating the Causal Effects of Media Coverage on Policy-Specific Knowledge.” With Jason Barabas. American Journal of Political Science, 53, 1 (2009): 73-89.
“Toward a Theory Relating Political Discourse, Media, and Public Opinion.” With Adam F. Simon. Journal of Communication, 57 (2007): 254-271.
“Bankrupt Rhetoric: Effects of Misleading Information on Knowledge about Social Security.” With Jason Barabas. Public Opinion Quarterly, 70, 3 (2006): 278-303.
“Citizens, Knowledge, and the Information Environment.” With Jason Barabas and Toby Bolsen. American Journal of Political Science, 50, 2 (2006): 266-282.
“Reform, Rescue, or Run out of Money? Problem Definition in the Social Security Reform Debate.” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 11, 1 (2006): 9-28.
“Survival of the Fittest: Rhetoric during the Course of an Election Campaign.” Political Psychology, 25, 4 (2004): 563-576.
“The Political Environment and Citizen Competence.” With James H. Kuklinski, Paul J. Quirk, and Robert F. Rich. American Journal of Political Science, 45, 2 (2001): 410-424.
“Misinformation and the Currency of Citizenship.”With James H. Kuklinski, Paul J. Quirk, David Schwieder, and Robert F. Rich. Journal of Politics, 62, 3 (2000): 790-816.
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