Peer-reviewed publications
Decider in Chief? Why and How the Public Exaggerates the Power of the Presidency (pre-publication version). Forthcoming, Political Research Quarterly. (with Scott Clifford, D.J. Flynn, and Kasey Rhee)
-Study preregistration (wave 4)
-Study preregistration (wave 5)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- John Dickerson, CBS News Prime Time with John Dickerson (12/20/23)
Partisanship Unmasked? The Role of Politics and Social Norms in COVID-19 Mask-Wearing Behavior (pre-publication version). Forthcoming, Journal of Experimental Political Science. (with John M. Carey, Joseph B. Phillips, and Jason Reifler)
-Study preregistration
-Survey instruments
-Replication data and code (R)
The Corrections Dilemma: Media Retractions Increase Belief Accuracy But Decrease Trust (pre-publication version). 2024. Journal of Experimental Political Science 11(1): 90-101. (with Joshua Freitag, Madeline Gochee, Mitchell Ransden, Kristy Roschke, and Dan Gillmor)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R)
The Paradox of Policy Transparency: Aligning Behavioral Intentions and Policy Support for Default Vaccination Enrolment in the G-7. 2024. PNAS Nexus. (with Richard Koenig, Manu Savani, Blake Lee-Whiting, John McAndrews, Sanchayan Banerjee, Andrew Hunter, Peter John and Peter John Loewen)
-Study preregistration
-Survey instruments
-Replication data and code (Stata/R)
Public Support for More Stringent Vaccine Policies Increases With Vaccine Effectiveness. 2024. Scientific Reports 14: 1748. (with Richard Koenig, Manu Manthri Savani, Blake Lee-Whiting, John McAndrews, Sanchayan Banerjee, Andrew Hunter, Peter John, and Peter John Loewen)
-Study 1 preregistration
-Study 2 preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata/R)
Subscriptions and External Links Help Drive Resentful Users to Alternative and Extremist YouTube Videos. 2023. Science Advances 9: eadd8080. (with Annie Y. Chen, Jason Reifler, Ronald E. Robertson, and Christo Wilson)
-Replication data and code (R)
Media coverage
- Shira Ovide, New York Times (4/21/22)
- Liz Wolfe, Reason (4/26/22)
- Davey Alba, Bloomberg (5/24/22)
- Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker (6/3/22)
- Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review (6/9/22)
- Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic (8/30/23)
- Chris Stokel-Walker, Fast Company (8/30/23)
- Casey Newton, Platformer (8/31/23)
Like-minded Sources on Facebook are Prevalent but not Polarizing. 2023. Nature. (co-lead author; with Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Pablo Barberá, Annie Y. Chen, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra González-Bailón, Andrew M. Guess, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Jennifer Pan, Daniel Robert Thomas, Rebekah Tromble, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Arjun Wilkins, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, and Joshua A. Tucker)
-Study preregistration
-Survey instruments
-Replication data and code (R/Python)
Media coverage
- Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times (7/27/23)
- Naomi Nix, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post (7/27/23)
- Jeff Horwitz, Wall Street Journal (7/27/23)
- Huo Jingnan and Shannon Bond, National Public Radio (7/27/23)
- David Klepper, Associated Press (7/27/23)
- Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic (7/27/23)
- Vittoria Elliott and Paresh Dave, Wired (7/27/23)
- Jeff Tollefsen, Nature (7/27/23)
- Kai Kupferschmidt, Science (7/27/23)
- Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (7/27/23)
- Brandy Zadrozny, NBC (7/27/23)
- Davey Alba and Aisha Counts, Bloomberg (7/27/23)
- Ben Schreckinger, Politico (7/27/23)
- Editorial Board, Washington Post (7/29/23)
- Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review (8/3/23)
- Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, The New York Times (8/4/23)
- Amanda Taub, The New York Times (8/9/23)
Asymmetric Ideological Segregation in Exposure to Political News on Facebook. 2023. Science 381: 392--398. (with Sandra González-Bailón, David Lazer, Pablo Barberá, Meiqing Zhang, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Andrew M. Guess, Shanto Iyengar, Young Mie Kim, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Jennifer Pan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, and Joshua A. Tucker)
-Study preregistration
-Survey instruments
-Replication data and code (R/Python)
Media coverage
- Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times (7/27/23)
- Naomi Nix, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post (7/27/23)
- Jeff Horwitz, Wall Street Journal (7/27/23)
- Huo Jingnan and Shannon Bond, National Public Radio (7/27/23)
- David Klepper, Associated Press (7/27/23)
- Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic (7/27/23)
- Vittoria Elliott and Paresh Dave, Wired (7/27/23)
- Jeff Tollefsen, Nature (7/27/23)
- Kai Kupferschmidt, Science (7/27/23)
- Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (7/27/23)
- Brandy Zadrozny, NBC (7/27/23)
- Davey Alba and Aisha Counts, Bloomberg (7/27/23)
- Ben Schreckinger, Politico (7/27/23)
- Editorial Board, Washington Post (7/29/23)
- Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review (8/3/23)
- Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, The New York Times (8/4/23)
- Amanda Taub, The New York Times (8/9/23)
How Do Social Media Feed Algorithms Affect Attitudes and Behavior in an Election Campaign? 2023. Science 381: 398--404. (with Andrew M. Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra González-Bailón, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Daniel Robert Thomas, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, and Joshua A. Tucker)
-Study preregistration
-Survey instruments
-Replication data and code (R/Python)
Media coverage
- Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times (7/27/23)
- Naomi Nix, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post (7/27/23)
- Jeff Horwitz, Wall Street Journal (7/27/23)
- Huo Jingnan and Shannon Bond, National Public Radio (7/27/23)
- David Klepper, Associated Press (7/27/23)
- Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic (7/27/23)
- Vittoria Elliott and Paresh Dave, Wired (7/27/23)
- Jeff Tollefsen, Nature (7/27/23)
- Kai Kupferschmidt, Science (7/27/23)
- Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (7/27/23)
- Brandy Zadrozny, NBC (7/27/23)
- Davey Alba and Aisha Counts, Bloomberg (7/27/23)
- Ben Schreckinger, Politico (7/27/23)
- Editorial Board, Washington Post (7/29/23)
- Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review (8/3/23)
- Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, The New York Times (8/4/23)
- Amanda Taub, The New York Times (8/9/23)
Reshares on Social Media Amplify Political News but Do Not Detectably Affect Beliefs or Opinions. 2023. Science 381: 404--408. (with Andrew M. Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra González-Bailón, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, and Joshua A. Tucker)
-Study preregistration
-Survey instruments
-Replication data and code (R/Python)
Media coverage
- Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times (7/27/23)
- Naomi Nix, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post (7/27/23)
- Jeff Horwitz, Wall Street Journal (7/27/23)
- Huo Jingnan and Shannon Bond, National Public Radio (7/27/23)
- David Klepper, Associated Press (7/27/23)
- Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic (7/27/23)
- Vittoria Elliott and Paresh Dave, Wired (7/27/23)
- Jeff Tollefsen, Nature (7/27/23)
- Kai Kupferschmidt, Science (7/27/23)
- Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (7/27/23)
- Brandy Zadrozny, NBC (7/27/23)
- Davey Alba and Aisha Counts, Bloomberg (7/27/23)
- Ben Schreckinger, Politico (7/27/23)
- Editorial Board, Washington Post (7/29/23)
- Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review (8/3/23)
- Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, The New York Times (8/4/23)
- Amanda Taub, The New York Times (8/9/23)
A Platform Penalty for News? How Social Media Context Can Alter Information Credibility Online (pre-publication version). 2023. Journal of Information Technology & Politics 20(3): 338-348. (with Alexander Agadjanian and the students in my 2018 Experiments in Politics seminar at Dartmouth)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata)
The Effects of Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud on Confidence in Elections (pre-publication version). 2023. Journal of Experimental Political Science 10(1): 34-49. (with Nicolas Berlinski, Margaret Doyle, Andrew M. Guess, Gabrielle Levy, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, and Jason Reifler)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- David Graham, The Atlantic (6/19/20)
- John Kosich and Camryn Justice, News 5 Cleveland (7/10/20)
- Ryan McCarthy, ProPublica (7/16/20)
- Sam Levine, The Guardian (7/1/21)
- Sheldon Himelfarb and Philip Howard, CNN (10/7/21)
The Effect of Electoral Inversions on Democratic Legitimacy: Evidence from the United States (pre-publication version). 2022. British Journal of Political Science 52(4): 1891-1901. (with John Carey, Gretchen Helmke, Mitchell Sanders, Susan Stokes, and Shun Yamaya)
-Study preregistration (first experiment)
-Study preregistration (second experiment)
-Replication data and code (R)
Information from Same-Race Experts Online Does Not Increase Vaccine Interest or Intention to Vaccinate (pre-publication version). 2022. Milbank Quarterly 100(2): 492–503. (with Shana Kushner Gadarian, Sara Wallace Goodman, Jamila Michener, and Thomas B. Pepinsky)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Legislator Criticism of a Candidate’s Conspiracy Beliefs Reduces Support for the Conspiracy but Not the Candidate: Evidence from Marjorie Taylor Greene and QAnon. 2022. Misinformation Review 3(5). (with John Carey, Andrew Guess, Jason Reifler, and Victor Wu)
Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior: An Oversold Solution? (pre-publication version). 2022. Journal of Experimental Political Science 9: 225-240. (with Benjamin A. Lyons, Christina E. Farhart, Michael P. Hall, John Kotcher, Matthew Levendusky, Joanne M. Miller, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Jason Reifler, Kyle L. Saunders, Rasmus Skytte, and Xiaoquan Zhao)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Time and Skeptical Opinion Content Erode the Effects of Science Coverage on Climate Beliefs and Attitudes. 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(26): e2122069119. (with Ethan Porter and Thomas J. Wood)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R)
Media coverage
- Fiona Harvey, The Guardian (6/20/22)
- John Timmer, Ars Technical (6/22/22)
- Ayana Archie, National Public Radio (6/24/22)
- Hilary Gerzhoy, Chicago Tribune (9/12/22)
The Ephemeral Effects of Fact-checks on COVID-19 Misperceptions: Evidence from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. 2022. Nature Human Behaviour 6: 236-243. (with John M. Carey, Andrew M. Guess, Peter John Loewen, Eric Merkley, Joseph B. Phillips, and Jason Reifler)
-Study preregistration (United States)
-Study preregistration (Great Britain)
-Study preregistration (Canada)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Political Audience Diversity and News Reliability in Algorithmic Ranking. 2022. Nature Human Behaviour 6: 495-505. (with Saumya Bhadani, Shun Yamaya, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer, and Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia)
-Replication data and code (R/Python)
Media coverage
- Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab (2/7/22)
Minimal Effects From Injunctive Norm and Contentiousness Treatments on COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions: Evidence From Three Countries. 2022. PNAS Nexus. (with John M. Carey, Tracy Keirns, Peter John Loewen, Eric Merkley, Joseph B. Phillips, Judy R. Rees, and Jason Reifler)
Who Will Defend Democracy? Evaluating Tradeoffs in Candidate Support Among Partisan Donors and Voters (pre-publication version). 2022. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 32(1): 230-245. (with John Carey, Katherine Clayton, Gretchen Helmke, Mitchell Sanders, and Susan Stokes)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R)
Republicans are More Optimistic about Economic Mobility, But No Less Accurate. 2021. Research & Politics 8(2). (with Matt Grossmann, Kayla Hamann, Jennifer Lee, Gabrielle Levy, and Victor Wu)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
The Distorting Prism of Social Media: How Self-Selection and Exposure to Incivility Fuel Online Comment Toxicity (pre-publication version). 2021. Journal of Communication 71(6): 922-946. (with Jin Woo Kim, Andrew M. Guess, and Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (R)
Evaluating the Effects of Vaccine Messaging on Immunization Intentions and Behavior: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials in Vermont (pre-publication version). 2021. Vaccine 39(40): 5909-5917. (with Katherine Clayton, Christine Finley, D.J. Flynn, and Meredith Graves)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R)
More Accurate, But No Less Polarized: Comparing the Factual Beliefs of Government Officials and the Public (pre-publication version). 2021. British Journal of Political Science 51(3): 1315-1322. (with Nathan Lee, Jason Reifler, and D.J. Flynn)
-Corrigendum
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Elite Rhetoric Can Undermine Democratic Norms (pre-publication version). 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences June 8, 2021 118 (23) e2024125118. (with Katherine Clayton, Nicholas T. Davis, Ethan Porter, Timothy J. Ryan, and Thomas J. Wood)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (R)
Media coverage
- Emily Glazer, Wall Street Journal (11/10/20)
- John T. Bennett, The Independent (11/10/20)
- Jerusalem Demsas, Vox (11/11/20)
- Georgia Wells, Wall Street Journal (11/12/20)
- Marc Fisher, Christine Spolar, and Hannah Knowles (Washington Post, 11/14/20)
- Emily Badger, New York Times (11/30/20)
Overconfidence in News Judgments Is Associated With False News Susceptibility (pre-publication version). 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences June 8, 2021 118 (23) e2019527118. (with Benjamin Lyons, Andrew Guess, Jacob M. Montgomery, and Jason Reifler)
-Study preregistration (October-November 2018 data)
-Study preregistration (November 2018-January 2019 data)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
-Natalie Grover, The Guardian (5/31/21)
-Madison Dapcevich, Snopes (5/31/21)
-Ryan Prior, CNN (5/31/21)
-Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News (5/31/21)
-Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (10/31/22)
The Limited Effects of Partisan and Consensus Messaging in Correcting Science Misperceptions (open access). 2021. Research & Politics 8(2). (with the students in my 2020 Experiments in Politics seminar at Dartmouth)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Why "Backfire Effects" Do Not Explain the Durability of Political Misperceptions (pre-publication version). 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences April 13, 2021 118 (15) e1912440117.
Media coverage
- Max Fisher, New York Times (5/7/21)
The Sources and Correlates of Exposure to Vaccine-related (Mis)information Online (pre-publication version). 2020. Vaccine 38(49): 7799-7805. (with Andrew M. Guess, Zachary O'Keeffe, and Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (R)
Real Solutions for Fake News? Measuring the Effectiveness of General Warnings and Fact-Check Banners in Reducing Belief in False Stories on Social Media (pre-publication version). 2020. Political Behavior 42(4): 1073-1095. (with the students in my 2017 Experiments in Politics seminar at Dartmouth)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Rob Wolfe, Valley News (11/22/17)
- Daniel Engber, Slate (1/12/18)
- Denise-Marie Ordway, Journalist's Resource (1/13/20)
- Kate Conger and Davey Alba, New York Times (5/27/20)
- Lee Drutman, FiveThirtyEight (6/3/20)
Political Sectarianism in America (pre-publication version). 2020. Science 370(6516): 533-536. (with Eli J. Finkel, Christopher A. Bail, Mina Cikara, Peter H. Ditto, Shanto Iyengar, Samara Klar, Lilliana Mason, Mary C. McGrath, David G. Rand, Linda J. Skitka, Joshua A. Tucker, Jay J. Van Bavel, Cynthia S. Wang, James N. Druckman)
Media coverage
- Sandee LaMotte, CNN (10/29/20)
- Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times (12/16/20)
- Nate Cohn, New York Times (4/19/21)
- Max Fisher, New York Times (10/15/21)
- Joel Achenbach, Washington Post (1/20/24)
A Digital Media Literacy Intervention Increases Discernment Between Mainstream and False News in the United States and India. 2020. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(27): 15536-15545. (with Andrew Guess, Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, Jason Reifler, and Neelanjan Sircar)
-Correction
-Study preregistration (U.S.)
-Study preregistration (India)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- Kaveh Waddell, Consumer Reports (6/22/20)
- Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Journalism Lab (6/26/20)
- Paula Span, New York Times (9/11/20)
- Neetu Arnold, Reason (5/18/23)
Taking Fact-Checks Literally But Not Seriously? The Effects of Journalistic Fact-Checking on Factual Beliefs and Candidate Favorability (pre-publication version). 2020. Political Behavior 42: 939-960. (with Ethan Porter, Jason Reifler, and Thomas J. Wood)
-Study preregistration (Study 1)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- David A. Graham, The Atlantic (7/6/17)
- Brian Resnick, Vox (7/10/17)
- Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times (8/7/17)
- Carlos Maza, Vox (8/30/17)
- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View (11/6/17)
- Daniel Dale, Toronto Star (12/22/17)
- Daniel Engber, Slate (1/3/17)
- Brian Resnick, Vox (4/11/18)
- John Cassidy, The New Yorker (5/30/18)
- Jared A. McDonald, David Karol, and Lilliana Mason, Washington Post (10/4/18)
- Emily Dreyfuss, Wired (1/9/19)
- Laura Hazard Owen, NiemanLab (2/1/19)
- Chris Selley, National Post (7/29/19)
- Chris Selley, National Post (8/13/19)
- Ronald Bailey, Reason (1/10/20)
Facts and Myths About Misperceptions (pre-publication version). 2020. Journal of Economic Perspectives 34(3): 220-236.
Exposure to Untrustworthy Websites in the 2016 U.S. Election (pre-publication version). 2020. Nature Human Behaviour 4: 472-480. (with Andrew Guess and Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- Benedict Carey, New York Times (1/2/18)
- Alayna Treene, Axios (1/2/18)
- Rob Wolfe, Valley News (1/4/18)
- Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher Education (1/4/18)
- Masha Gessen, New Yorker (1/4/18)
- Political Gabfest, Slate (1/4/18)
- Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal (1/7/18)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (1/8/18)
- Becket Adams, Washington Examiner (1/9/18)
- Bob Garfield, On the Media (1/12/18)
- Benjy Sarlin, NBC News (1/14/18)
- The Weeds, Vox (1/16/18)
- Mike McInally, Albany Democrat-Herald (1/20/18)
- Morten Bay, Slate (2/1/18)
- Cas Mudde, The Guardian (2/7/18)
- Amanda Taub and Max Fisher, The New York Times (2/18/18)
- Lucia Graves, Pacific Standard (2/26/18)
- Brooke Borel, Popular Science (3/20/18)
- Sander van der Linden, Scientific American (4/10/18)
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (4/11/18)
- Denise-Marie Ordway, Harvard Business Review (7/19/18)
- Greg Sargent, An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics (10/16/18)
- Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal (12/19/18)
- Deepa Seetharaman, Wall Street Journal (12/23/18)
- Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times (3/19/19)
- Craig Silverman, Buzzfeed (4/3/19)
- Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic (5/6/2019)
- David Graham, The Atlantic (6/7/19)
- Nsikan Akpan, PBS NewsHour (9/18/19)
- Maggie Koerth-Baker, FiveThirtyEight (10/8/19)
- Karen Weintraub, Scientific American (3/2/20)
- Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica (3/4/20)
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post (9/3/21)
- Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review (1/19/23)
- Tiffany Hsu, New York Times (4/13/23)
Treatment Versus Punishment: Understanding Racial Inequalities in Drug Policy (pre-publication version). 2020. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 45(2): 177-209. (with Jin Woo Kim and Evan Morgan)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- The Weeds, Vox (12/17/19)
The Effects of Corrective Information about Epidemics: Evidence from Zika and Yellow Fever in Brazil. 2020. Science Advances 6(5). (with John Carey, Victoria Chi, D.J. Flynn, and Thomas Zeitzoff)
-Study preregistrations: 2017 experiment, 2018 experiments
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Ira Flatow, Science Friday (1/31/20)
- Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times (2/8/20)
- Tara Haelle, Forbes (2/13/20)
- Gary Stix, Scientific American (2/14/20)
- Cristina Tardáguila, Poynter (2/20/20)
- Kayleigh Rogers, FiveThirtyEight (5/21/20)
"Fake News" May Have Limited Effects Beyond Increasing Beliefs in False Claims. 2020. Misinformation Review 1(1). (with Andrew M. Guess, Dominique Lockett, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, and Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (R)
A Consensus-Based Transparency Checklist. 2020. Nature Human Behaviour 4: 4-6. (with 65 co-authors)
Searching for Bright Lines in the Trump Presidency (pre-publication version). 2019. Perspectives on Politics 17(3): 699-718. (with John M. Carey, Gretchen Helmke, Mitchell Sanders, and Susan C. Stokes)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Counting the Pinocchios: The Effect of Summary Fact-Checking Data on Perceived Accuracy and Favorability of Politicians (open access). 2019. Research & Politics July-September 2019: 1–10. (with the students in my 2016 Experiments in Politics seminar at Dartmouth)
-Study preregistrations: Study 1, Study 2, Study 3
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review (8/19/19)
The Role of Information Deficits and Identity Threat in the Prevalence of Misperceptions (pre-publication version). 2019. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 29(2): 222-244. (with Jason Reifler; finalist, 2015 Prize in Public Interest Communications Research, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Walter Frick, The Atlantic (6/10/11)
- "Radio Smart Talk", WITF Harrisburg (6/21/11)
- Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress (9/12/11)
- Ezra Klein, Washington Post (9/12/11)
- Chris Mooney, DeSmog Blog (9/14/11)
- Megan Garber, Nieman Lab (9/14/11)
- Christopher Shea, Wall Street Journal Online (9/16/11)
- Christopher Shea, Wall Street Journal (9/17/11)
- Marty Kaplan, Huffington Post (9/19/11)
- Peter Aldhous, New Scientist (10/29/11)
- John Pavlus, Fast Company's Co.Design (1/3/12)
- Felix Salmon, Reuters (1/9/12)
- Shankar Vedantam, National Public Radio (5/9/12)
- Robbie Schwartz, Walton Tribune (5/13/12)
- Dave Berri, Freakonomics (5/24/12)
- Reihan Salam, National Review Online (8/14/12)
- Michael Scherer, Time (10/3/12)
- "Future Tense", ABC Radio National Australia (11/18/12)
- Eric Horowitz, Pacific Standard (8/23/13)
- Marty Kaplan, Alternet (9/17/13)
- Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker (5/19/14)
- Amelia Urry, Grist (5/21/14)
- "The Record", KUOW (NPR) Seattle (6/3/14)
- Richard Mullins, Tampa Tribune (6/22/14)
- John Blake, CNN (11/27/14)
- Christopher Graves, Harvard Business Review (2/20/15)
- Christopher Graves, PR Week (3/1/15)
- Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review (5/27/15)
- Mark Mellman, The Hill (7/15/15)
- Vlad Chituc, The Daily Beast (8/8/15)
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (9/27/16)
- Christopher Graves, Harvard Business Review (10/10/16)
- Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post (6/18/18)
- Stephen Pinker, Quillette (1/14/19)
- Melissa Bailey, Nieman Reports (3/21/20)
Conspiracy and Misperception Belief in the Middle East and North Africa (pre-publication version). 2018. Journal of Politics 80(4): 1400-1404. (with Thomas Zeitzoff)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata)
How Conditioning on Posttreatment Variables Can Ruin Your Experiment and What to Do About It (pre-publication version). 2018. American Journal of Political Science 62(3): 760-775. (with Jacob Montgomery and Michelle Torres)
-Replication data and code (R)
Fighting the Past: Perceptions of Control, Historical Misperceptions, and Corrective Information in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (pre-publication version). 2018. Political Psychology 39(3): 611-631. (with Thomas Zeitzoff)
-Study preregistration
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Daniel Funke, Poynter (10/11/17)
- Daniel Funke, Poynter (10/31/17)
The Science of Fake News. 2018. Science 359(6380): 1094-1096. (with David M. J. Lazer, Matthew A. Baum, Yochai Benkler, Adam J. Berinsky, Kelly M. Greenhill, Filippo Menczer, Miriam J. Metzger, Gordon Pennycook, David Rothschild, Michael Schudson, Steven A. Sloman, Cass R. Sunstein, Emily A. Thorson, Duncan J. Watts, and Jonathan L. Zittrain)
Media coverage
- Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic (3/8/18)
- Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic (3/9/18)
- Tania Lombrozo, National Public Radio (3/27/18)
- Denise-Marie Ordway, Harvard Business Review (7/19/18)
- Zack Beauchamp, Vox (1/22/19)
Revisiting White Backlash: Does Race Affect Death Penalty Opinion? (open access). 2018. Research & Politics. (with Ryden Butler, Jacob Montgomery, and Michelle Torres)
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (R)
Redefine Statistical Significance (pre-publication version). 2018. Nature Human Behaviour 2(1): 6-10. (with 71 co-authors)
Media coverage
- Kelly Servick, Science (7/25/17)
- Brian Resnick, Vox (7/31/17)
- Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo (8/1/17)
- Dan Kopf, Quartz (8/18/17)
Critical Dynamics in Population Vaccinating Behavior (pre-publication version). 2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(52): 13762-13767. (with A. Demetri Pananos, Thomas M. Bury, Clara Wang, Justin Schonfeld, Sharada P. Mohanty, Marcel Salathé, and Chris T. Bauch)
Media coverage
- Richard J. Fitzgerald, Physics Today (12/11/17)
The Effects of Congressional Staff Networks in the U.S. House of Representatives (pre-publication version). 2017. Journal of Politics 79(3): 745-761. (with Jacob Montgomery)
-Replication data and code (R/Matlab/Stata)
Differential Registration Bias in Voter File Data: A Sensitivity Analysis Approach (pre-publication version). 2017. American Journal of Political Science 61(3): 744-760 (with Chris Skovron and Rocío Titiunik)
-Replication data and code (R)
Media Scandals Are Political Events: How contextual factors affect public controversies over alleged misconduct by U.S. governors (pre-publication version). 2017. Political Research Quarterly 70(1): 223-236.
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (Stata)
The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs about Politics (pre-publication version). 2017. Advances in Political Psychology 38(S1): 127-150. (with D.J. Flynn and Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (9/27/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (11/2/16)
- Jesse Singal, New York Magazine (1/27/17)
- Julie Beck, The Atlantic (3/13/17)
- Jeremy Adam Smith, Scientific American (3/24/17)
Classified or Coverup? The Effect of Redactions on Conspiracy Theory Beliefs (pre-publication version). 2016. Journal of Experimental Political Science 3: 109--123. (with the students in my 2014 Experiments in Politics seminar at Dartmouth)
-Study preregistrations: Study 1, Study 2
-Replication data and code (Stata)
An Inflated View of the Facts? How Preferences and Predispositions Shape Conspiracy Beliefs about the Deflategate Scandal (open access). 2016. Research & Politics. (with John Carey, Benjamin Valentino, and Mingnan Liu)
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Talk of Fame Radio, Talk of Fame Network (syndicated; 10/7/16)
- Todd Gillman, Dallas Morning News (10/9/16)
- Craig Fehrman, Boston Globe (2/2/18)
- Dana Milbank, Washington Post (7/17/20)
Does Public Financing Affect Judicial Behavior? Evidence From the North Carolina Supreme Court (pre-publication version). 2016. American Politics Research 44(4): 587-617. (with Morgan Hazelton and Jacob Montgomery)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Lee Drutman, Vox (9/16/15)
- Marisa Bakker, Daily Tar Heel (10/14/15)
Understanding Innovations in Journalistic Practice: A Field Experiment Examining Motivations for Fact-Checking (pre-publication version). 2016. Journal of Communication 66(1): 102-138. (with Lucas Graves and Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Displacing Misinformation about Events: An Experimental Test of Causal Corrections (pre-publication version). 2015. Journal of Experimental Political Science 2(1): 81-93. (with Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (9/27/16)
The Effect of Fact-checking on Elites: A Field Experiment on U.S. State Legislators (pre-publication version). 2015. American Journal of Political Science 59(3): 628-640. (with Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- David Leonhardt, New York Times (10/8/13)
- Dylan Matthews, Washington Post (10/8/13)
- Reid Wilson, Washington Post (10/8/13)
- Molly Ball, The Atlantic (10/8/13)
- Martha Moore, USA Today (10/8/13)
- Craig Silverman, Poynter (10/8/13)
- Evan McMurry, Mediaite (10/8/13)
- John Sides, Washington Post (10/9/13)
- Jacob Sullum, Reason (10/9/13)
- Christopher Zara, International Business Times (10/9/13)
- Andrew Sullivan, The Dish (10/9/13)
- Frank Sesno, CNN's "Reliable Sources" (10/13/13)
- Paul Singer, USA Today (11/12/13)
- Dave Helling and Scott Canon, Kansas City Star (12/2/13)
- Adam Serwer, MSNBC.com (4/22/14)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (9/12/14)
- Brian Resnick, National Journal (9/20/14)
- Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch (10/10/14)
- Nathan Collins, Pacific Standard (9/23/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (6/28/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (7/21/16)
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (9/27/16)
- Brian Resnick, Vox (10/24/16)
- Julia Belluz and Brian Resnick, Vox (11/16/16)
- Michael Scherer, Time (3/23/17)
- Daniel Funke, Poynter (6/12/18)
- Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic (5/6/2019)
Connecting the Candidates: Consultant Networks and the Diffusion of Campaign Strategy in American Congressional Elections (pre-publication version). 2015. American Journal of Political Science 59(2): 292-308. (with Jacob Montgomery)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- Ben Smith, Politico (10/7/10)
Scandal Potential: How Political Context and News Congestion Affect the President's Vulnerability to Media Scandal (local copy; pre-publication version). 2015. British Journal of Political Science 45(2): 435-466.
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Taegan Goddard, Political Wire (5/26/11)
- NBC News, First Read (5/26/11)
- Andrew Sullivan, The Dish (5/26/11)
- Caitlin Dickson, Atlantic Wire (5/26/11)
- Bart Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch (5/27/11)
- Staff, The Week (5/27/11)
- Jim Newell, Gawker.com (5/27/11)
- Andrea Shiell, Washington Examiner (5/27/11)
- Staff, Daily Mail (5/28/11)
- Laura Conaway, Maddow Blog (5/31/11)
- Staff, Times of India (5/30/11)
- Staff, NOWnews.com (5/30/11)
- Ross and Burbank, KIRO Seattle (5/30/11)
- Larry Sabato, Fox News (5/31/11)
- Jason Linkins, Huffington Post (5/31/11)
- Elspeth Reeve, The Atlantic (9/16/11)
- Elspeth Reeve, The Atlantic (10/6/11)
- KGO Noon News, KGO 810 AM (10/21/11)
- Jonathan Alter, Washington Monthly (10/24/11)
- Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg View (10/27/11)
- John Gregg, Valley News (10/30/11)
- Michelle Malkin, syndicated columnist (12/28/11)
- Taegan Goddard, Political Wire (4/3/12)
- Kyle Kondik, Sabato's Crystal Ball (4/5/12)
- "On the Media", National Public Radio (4/13/12)
- Krystal Ball, MSNBC's "Martin Bashir" (4/23/12)
- Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect (4/25/12)
- Jonathan Bernstein, Salon.com (6/16/12)
- Maria Armoudian, KPFK (10/28/12)
- Harry Enten, The Guardian (2/12/13)
- Paul Waldman, American Prospect (5/10/13)
- Ezra Klein, Washington Post WonkBlog (5/13/13)
- Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight (5/13/13)
- Elspeth Reeve, The Atlantic (5/13/13)
- Harry Enten, The Guardian (5/13/13)
- Andrew Sullivan, The Dish (5/14/13)
- Jason Linkins, Huffington Post (5/14/13)
- Paul M. Barrett, Business Week (5/16/13)
- Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight (5/16/13)
- "Up with Steve Kornacki", MSNBC (5/19/13)
- Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor (5/19/13)
- Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio (5/20/13)
- Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View (5/22/13)
- George Jonas, National Post (5/23/13)
- Brooke Gladstone, "On the Media" (5/24/13)
- Doyle McManus, Washington Week (5/24/13)
- The Scrapbook, The Weekly Standard (6/3/13)
- Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon.com (6/25/13)
- Paul Waldman, The American Prospect (7/8/13)
- Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon (7/8/13)
- Stan Layne, KPTR 1450 AM Palm Springs (7/10/13)
- Steve Kornacki, MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki" (8/10/13)
- Charles Ellison, Sirius XM's "The Midday Briefing" (8/22/13)
- Paul Farhi, Washington Post (11/1/13)
- Joan Walsh, Salon (1/15/14)
- Alex Seitz-Wald, National Journal (1/15/14)
- John Sides, Washington Post (6/20/14)
- Susan Page, USA Today (7/27/14)
- Paul Farhi, Washington Post (1/27/15)
- Jack Shafer, Politico Magazine (2/13/17)
- Maggie Koerth-Baker, FiveThirtyEight (10/3/19)
Does Correcting Myths about the Flu Vaccine Work? An Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Corrective Information (pre-publication version). 2015. Vaccine 33(3): 459-464. (with Jason Reifler)
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Chris Mooney, Washington Post Wonkblog (12/8/14)
- Lindsay Abrams, Salon (12/8/14)
- Rebecca Corral, KCBS Radio San Francisco (12/8/14)
- Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post (12/8/14)
- Kathryn Doyle, Reuters (12/9/14)
- Mark Strauss, io9 (12/9/14)
- David Shultz, Science Magazine (12/9/14)
- Teresa Mull, The Week (12/10/14)
- Tara Haelle, NPR (12/11/14)
- Rob Breakenridge, News Talk 770 Calgary (12/11/14)
- Cari Romm, The Atlantic (12/12/14)
- Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics podcast (1/8/15)
- Lisa Sanders, Reuters (2/4/15)
- Sarah Despres, Politico (2/4/15)
- Louisa D'Amato, Waterloo Region Record (2/5/15)
- Jesse Singal, New York Magazine (2/5/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (2/7/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (4/13/15)
- Aaron E. Carroll, JAMA Forum (5/6/15)
- Nathan Collins, Pacific Standard (8/11/15)
- Cameron Joseph, New York Daily News (8/16/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (11/23/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (3/28/16)
- Rachel Ehrenberg, Science News (4/1/16)
- Marcus Wohlsen, Wired (9/13/16)
- Daniel Engber, Slate (1/3/17)
- Denise-Marie Ordway, Harvard Business Review (7/19/18)
- Aaron Carroll, New York Times (7/22/19)
- Jennifer Grose, New York Times (4/6/22)
Effective Messages in Vaccine Promotion: A Randomized Trial (pre-publication version). 2014. Pediatrics 133(4): e835-e842. (with Jason Reifler, Sean Richey, and Gary Freed)
-Commentary by Shelley Springer, AAP Grand Rounds
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- JoNel Aleccia, NBCNews.com (3/3/14)
- Ryan Jaslow, CBSNews.com (3/3/14)
- Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters (3/3/14)
- Amanda Marcotte, Slate (3/3/14)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (3/3/14)
- Adriana Barton, Globe and Mail (3/3/14)
- Lindsay Abrams, Salon (3/3/14)
- Joseph Brownstein, LiveScience (3/3/14)
- Cordelia Ross, 2 Minute Medicine (3/3/14)
- The Press Association, Nursing Times (3/3/14)
- Matthew Mientka, Medical Daily (3/3/14)
- John Hines, WCCO Radio Minneapolis (3/4/14)
- Charlotte Alter, Time (3/4/14)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (3/5/14)
- The editors, Bloomberg View (3/6/14)
- Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check (3/6/14)
- Claire McCarthy, MD Mama (3/6/14)
- Paul Harris, America Weekend (3/8/14)
- David Brooks, Nashua Telegraph (3/10/14)
- John Tozzi, Business Week (3/10/14)
- Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times (3/10/14)
- Seth Masket, Pacific Standard (3/10/14)
- On The Coast, CBC Radio Vancouver (3/10/14)
- All Points West, CBC Radio Victoria (3/11/14)
- Megan Verlee, Colorado Public Radio (3/11/14)
- David Brooks, New Hampshire Public Radio (3/11/14)
- Chris Hayes, All In with Chris Hayes (3/11/14)
- Russell Saunders, The Daily Beast (3/13/14)
- Keith Kloor, Cosmos Magazine (3/17/14)
- Elizabeth Renzetti, The Globe and Mail (3/17/14)
- NPR, "All Things Considered" (4/7/14)
- Lois M. Collins, Deseret News (4/7/14)
- Keith Kloor, Discover (4/8/14)
- Dylan Matthews, Vox.com (4/8/14)
- Peter Nieman, Calgary Herald (4/10/14)
- Megan Verlee, Colorado Public Radio (4/14/14)
- Ian Millhiser, Think Progress (4/21/14)
- John Wihbey, Journalist's Resource (5/6/14)
- Lisa Beyer, Bloomberg View (5/9/14)
- Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker (5/19/14)
- Amelia Urry, Grist (5/21/14)
- "The Record", KUOW (NPR) Seattle (6/3/14)
- Elissa Strauss, The Jewish Daily Forward (6/20/14)
- Sabrina Merold, meMedicine (6/30/14)
- Jamelle Bouie, Slate (8/7/14)
- Brian Resnick, National Journal (9/20/14)
- Hannah Bloch, National Public Radio (9/27/14)
- Roxanne Nelson, American Journal of Nursing (10/1/14)
- Josh Barro, New York Times (10/2/14)
- Jason Millman, Washington Post (1/22/14)
- Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times (1/27/15)
- Alex Cohen, KPCC Los Angeles (1/28/15)
- Dan Diamond, Forbes (1/28/15)
- Keith Kloor, Pediatrics (1/28/15)
- Ira Flato, Science Friday (1/30/15)
- Mayrav Saar, New York Post (1/31/15)
- Retro Report, The New York Times (2/2/15)
- David A. Graham, The Atlantic (2/2/15)
- Jamelle Bouie, Slate (2/2/15)
- Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor (2/3/15)
- Dan Diamond, Forbes (2/3/15)
- Maggie Fox, NBC News (2/3/15)
- The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TV Ontario (2/3/15)
- Peter Coy, Bloomberg Business Week (2/4/15)
- Ryan Cooper, The Week (2/4/15)
- Shankar Vedantam, National Public Radio (2/4/15_
- Nathanael Johnson, Grist (2/4/15)
- Sarah Despres, Politico (2/4/15)
- Louisa D'Amato, Waterloo Region Record (2/5/15)
- Jesse Singal, New York Magazine (2/5/15)
- Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, Valley News (2/6/15)
- The Current, CBC Radio (2/6/15)
- Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune (2/6/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (2/7/15)
- Tara Haelle, Politico (2/8/15)
- Betsy McKay and Jeanne Whalen, Wall Street Journal (2/9/15)
- Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly (2/10/15)
- Sharon Bernstein, Reuters (2/11/15)
- Peter Aldhous, Buzzfeed (2/13/15)
- Felice J. Freyer, Boston Globe (2/16/15)
- Bruce Maiman, Sacramento Bee (2/16/15)
- Christie Aschwanden, FiveThirtyEight (2/17/15)
- Anna Wolfe, Jackson Free Press (2/18/15)
- Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American (2/19/15)
- Tara Haelle, Forbes (2/19/15)
- Bethany Brookshire, Science News (2/19/15)
- Bill Gardner, The New Republic (2/19/15)
- Gosia Wozniacka, Associated Press (2/22/15)
- Robin Levinson King, Toronto Star (2/23/15)
- Lisa Aliferis, KQED San Francisco (2/24/15)
- April Kelly-Woessner, LNP (3/1/15)
- Mike Stobbe, Associated Press (3/3/15)
- Aaron Selbig, Interlochen Public Radio (3/5/15)
- Lynne Peeples, Huffington Post (3/6/15)
- JoNel Aleccia, Seattle Times (3/8/15)
- Danielle Ofri, New York Times (3/12/15)
- Kristen C. French, The Verge (4/22/15)
- John Cook, Newsweek (5/3/15)
- Aaron E. Carroll, JAMA Forum (5/6/15)
- Laura Dattaro, Columbia Journalism Review (5/20/15)
- Lisa Aliferis, National Public Radio (6/1/15)
- Jill Stewart, L.A. Weekly (7/13/15)
- Steve Van Riel, New Statesman (7/21/15)
- Carolyn Johnson, Washington Post (8/3/15)
- Jeffrey Kluger, Time (8/3/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (8/4/15)
- Tara Haelle, Forbes (8/4/15)
- Vlad Chituc, The Daily Beast (8/8/15)
- Nathan Collins, Pacific Standard (8/11/15)
- Cameron Joseph, New York Daily News (8/16/15)
- Robert F. Jakubowicz, Berkshire Eagle (9/24/15)
- The Weeds, Vox (11/6/15)
- Susan Milligan, U.S. News & World Report (11/13/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (11/23/15)
- Zack Kopplin, Slate (12/30/15)
- Ryan Cooper, The Week (1/28/16)
- David Gooblar, Chronicle Vitae (1/27/16)
- Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View (3/10/16)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (3/28/16)
- Rachel Ehrenberg, Science News (4/1/16)
- Tori Bedford, Boston Public Radio (6/22/16)
- Stephanie M. Lee, Buzzfeed (3/7/17)
- Tim Harford, Financial Times (3/9/17)
- Kai Kupferschmidt, Science (4/27/17)
- Brian Resnick, Vox (7/10/17)
- Rob Wolfe, Valley News (1/4/18)
- Denise-Marie Ordway, Harvard Business Review (7/19/18)
- Nicholas Kristof, New York Times (11/25/18)
- Ryan Blethen, Seattle Times (4/13/19)
- Aaron Carroll, New York Times (7/22/19)
- Retro Report, PBS (10/15/19)
- Jennifer Grose, New York Times (4/6/22)
Beliefs Don't Always Persevere: How Political Figures Are Punished When Positive Information about Them Is Discredited (pre-publication version). 2013. Political Psychology 34(3): 307-326. (with Michael Cobb and Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
The Hazards of Correcting Myths about Health Care Reform (pre-publication version). 2013. Medical Care 51(2): 127-132. (with Jason Reifler and Peter Ubel; lead article with accompanying editorial by Aaron E. Carroll)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Sarah Kliff, Washington Post's Wonkblog (1/9/13)
- Peter Ubel, Forbes (1/9/13)
- Kyle Cheney, Politico Pulse (1/9/13)
- Max Brantley, Arkansas Times (1/9/13)
- Tony Shan, Duke Chronicle (3/21/13)
- Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View (4/15/13)
- Eric Horowitz, Pacific Standard (8/23/13)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (3/5/14)
- Chris Hayes, All In with Chris Hayes (3/11/14)
- Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek (5/15/14)
- Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker (5/19/14)
- Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View (8/25/14)
- Danielle Wiener-Bronner, Fusion (5/6/15)
- Zack Kopplin, Slate (12/30/15)
- Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View (3/10/16)
- Marcus Wohlsen, Wired (9/13/16)
- Aaron Carroll, New York Times (7/22/19)
- Sara Gorman and Jack M. Gorman, Psychology Today (1/12/20)
- Claudia Wallis, Scientific American (1/7/21)
The Role of Social Networks in Influenza Vaccine Attitudes and Intentions Among College Students in the Southeastern United States (pre-publication version). 2012. Journal of Adolescent Health 51(3): 302-304. (with Jason Reifler and Sean Richey)
-Online appendix
-Replication data and code (Stata)
One Vote Out of Step? The Effects of Salient Roll Call Votes in the 2010 Election (pre-publication version). 2012. American Politics Research 40(5): 844-879. (with Eric McGhee, John Sides, Seth Masket, and Steven Greene)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
Media coverage
- John Sides, Al Jazeera (3/5/12)
- Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine (3/8/12)
- Julian Pecquet, The Hill (3/8/12)
- Sarah Kliff, Washington Post's Wonkblog (3/8/12)
- Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast (3/8/12)
- California Healthline (3/9/12)
- Peter Suderman, Reason (3/9/12)
- Aaron Blake, Washington Post's The Fix (3/9/12)
- Kaiser Health News (3/9/12)
- Jeffrey H. Anderson and William Kristol, Weekly Standard (3/10/12)
- Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times (3/11/12)
- Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner (3/12/12)
- Jennifer Harper, Washington Times (3/13/12)
- Grace-Marie Turner, Forbes.com (3/14/12)
- Stephen Hayes, Fox Special Report with Bret Baier (3/14/12)
- Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg View (3/15/12)
- John Wihbey, Journalist's Resource (3/21/12)
- Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Post (3/22/12)
- Carie Budoff Brown, Politico (3/23/12)
- Greg Sargent, Washington Post (12/9/13)
- Ezra Klein, Vox (6/10/15)
- Scott Clement, Washington Post (9/23/15)
- Kenneth Baer, Washington Post (3/28/17)
- Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight (5/4/17)
- Aaron Blake, Washington Post (5/4/17)
- Andrew Prokop, Vox (5/4/17)
- Nate Cohn, New York Times (5/5/17)
- Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight (7/25/17)
- The Weeds, Vox (2/15/22)
- Dan Diamond, Washington Post (3/30/24)
The Limited Effects of Testimony on Political Persuasion (pre-publication version). 2011. Public Choice 148(3-4): 283-312.
-Replication data and code (R/Stata)
-TESS design/results summary
The "Unfriending" Problem: The Consequences of Homophily in Friendship Retention for Causal Estimates of Social Influence (pre-publication version). 2011. Social Networks 33(3): 211-218. (with Hans Noel)
-Replication code (R)
Media coverage
- Dave Johns, Slate (7/5/11)
- Gina Kolata, New York Times (8/9/11)
- Barbara R. Jasny, Science (8/26/11)
- John Gregg, Valley News (10/30/11)
When Corrections Fail: The Persistence of Political Misperceptions (pre-publication version). 2010. Political Behavior 32(2): 303-330. (with Jason Reifler)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Media coverage
- "On the Media", National Public Radio (9/7/07)
- Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post (9/15/08)
- Shankar Vedantam, washingtonpost.com (9/15/08)
- Kevin Drum, Mother Jones (9/15/08)
- WUNC's "The State of Things" (9/18/08)
- Christian Science Monitor (9/18/08)
- Chuck Raasch, Gannett News Service (9/18/08)
- "Tell Me More", National Public Radio (9/19/08)
- "On the Media", National Public Radio (9/19/08)
- Stuart Taylor, National Journal (9/20/08)
- Bill Bishop, Slate (9/22/08)
- Columbus Dispatch (9/22/08)
- Andrew Romano, Newsweek (9/24/08)
- Freakonomics blog, nytimes.com (9/24/08)
- Edward Wasserman, Miami Herald (9/29/08)
- Albany Times-Union (9/29/08)
- Jonathan Chait, The New Republic (10/08/08)
- Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide by Cass Sunstein (Oxford University Press, 5/13/09)
- "The Conversation with Ross Reynolds", KUOW (NPR) Seattle (8/4/09)
- Columbia Journalism Review (8/14/09)
- Farhad Manjoo, Slate (8/17/09)
- "KSCO Presents with David Coursey," KSCO Santa Cruz (8/18/09)
- Gregory Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times (9/28/09)
- On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done by Cass Sunstein (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 9/29/09)
- Joseph Vandehey, Daily Illini (12/2/09)
- Mark Blumenthal, NationalJournal.com (3/8/10)
- Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress (4/15/10)
- Christie Aschwanden, Miller-McCune (4/20/10)
- Jonathan Chait, Bloggingheads.tv (4/21/10)
- Ben Goldacre, The Guardian (5/1/10)
- The 7th Avenue Project, KUSP Santa Cruz (5/2/10)
- Matt Steinglass, The Economist (5/5/10)
- Daniel W. Drezner, The Spectator (5/8/10)
- Jim Giles, New Scientist (5/12/10)
- Sarah Ficocelli, la Repubblica (5/24/10)
- Joe Keohane, Boston Globe (7/11/10)
- Michael Smerconish, "The Michael Smerconish Program" (7/12/10)
- "Talk of the Nation", National Public Radio (7/13/10)
- Debra Black, Toronto Star (7/13/10)
- Michael Kesterton, Globe and Mail (7/14/10)
- Anna Shapiro, Guardian (7/17/10)
- Jim Borden, Kalamazoo Gazette (7/18/10)
- Ron Claiborne, ABC News (7/19/10)
- Leslie Brokaw, Sloan Review (7/20/10)
- "Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer," Martha Stewart Living Radio (7/21/10)
- "The World Today", ABC Radio Australia (7/22/10)
- Jason Murphy, Australian Financial Review (7/23/10)
- Alan Williams, Ottawa Citizen (7/24/10)
- Robert Jakubowicz, Berkshire Eagle (7/25/10)
- Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times (7/25/10)
- Barth Keck, New Haven Register (7/29/10)
- Kevin Eisenmann, Medill News Service (7/29/10)
- Keith Magill, Houma Courier (8/1/10)
- Dave Stancliff, Times-Standard (8/2/10)
- Joe Keohane, ABC Radio Australia (8/2/10)
- A. Barton Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch (8/6/10)
- Ted Diadiun, Cleveland Plain Dealer (8/8/10)
- Wendy Harmer, Sunday Telegraph Australia (8/8/10)
- John Blake, CNN.com (8/9/10)
- Jeffrey Weiss, Politics Daily (8/9/10)
- "The Conversation with Ross Reynolds", KUOW (NPR) Seattle (8/11/10)
- Jeffrey Weiss, Politics Daily (8/19/10)
- Stan Layne, KPSI Palm Springs (8/20/10)
- Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle (8/21/10)
- James Poniewozik, Time (8/23/10)
- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor (8/23/10)
- Angie Drobnic Holan, PolitiFact.com (8/26/10; reprinted in the St. Petersburg Times 8/27/10)
- "Here and Now", WBUR Boston (9/8/10)
- Benjamin Spillman, Las Vegas Review Journal (9/10/10)
- Paul Waldman, The American Prospect (10/12/10)
- The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, RT America (12/28/10)
- Thom Hartmann Program, syndicated radio/Free Speech Network (12/29/10)
- Burt Cohen Show, Portsmouth Community Radio (1/6/11)
- Bill Moyers, History Makers (1/27/11)
- Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times (2/4/11)
- Marcia Clemmitt, CQ Researcher (2/18/11)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (4/18/11)
- Mark Blumenthal, HuffPost Pollster (4/28/11)
- John Quiggin, Crooked Timber (5/13/11)
- The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone (W. W. Norton & Company, 5/23/11)
- Sean Gonzales, Cape Cod Times (6/16/11)
- Craig Silverman, Columbia Journalism Review (6/17/11)
- "Radio Smart Talk", WITF Harrisburg (6/21/11)
- Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage by Scott Keller and Colin Price (Wiley, 6/21/11)
- John Dickson, Sidney Morning Herald (7/9/11)
- Mindhacker: 60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level by Ron Hale-Evans and Marty Hale-Evans (Wiley, 9/6/11)
- Nathan Pippenger, The New Republic (10/26/11)
- John Gregg, Valley News (10/30/11)
- Paul Waldmann, The American Prospect (11/1/11)
- Ben Smith, Politico (11/2/11)
- Beyond the Blogosphere: Information and Its Children by Aaron Barlow and Robert Leston (Praeger, 12/7/11)
- The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption by Clay Johnson (O'Reilly Media, 1/18/12)
- Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect (2/6/12)
- Trevor Thrall, The National Interest (2/9/12)
- Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company (2/10/12)
- Peter M. Nardi, Miller-McCune (2/14/12)
- Paul Rosenberg, Al Jazeera (3/1/12)
- David Graham, The Atlantic (3/13/12)
- James Taranto, Wall Street Journal (3/13/12)
- Henry J. Gomez, Cleveland Plain Dealer (3/24/12)
- The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science - and Reality by Chris Mooney (Wiley, 4/10/12)
- Martha Gill, New Statesman (4/26/12)
- Guy Raz, NPR's Weekend All Things Considered (4/29/12)
- Earl Lane, American Association for the Advancement of Science (5/8/12)
- Ted Brader, Washington Post (7/19/12)
- Craig Silverman, Nieman Reports (7/19/12)
- Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holliday (Portfolio Hardcover, 7/19/12)
- "The Conversation with Ross Reynolds", KUOW (NPR) Seattle (8/9/12)
- Michael Cooper, New York Times (9/1/12)
- Dylan Matthews, Washington Post's Wonkblog (9/10/12)
- Cass Sunstein, New York Times (9/18/12)
- Jim Giles, New Scientist (9/19/12)
- Michael Scherer, Time (10/3/12)
- Sheila Eldred, Discovery News (10/10/12)
- "Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane", WHYY Philadelphia (11/9/12)
- "Future Tense", ABC Radio National Australia (11/18/12)
- Sam Fulwood III, Center for American Progress (5/7/13)
- Maggie Koerth-Baker, New York Times Magazine (5/21/13)
- Dylan Matthews, Washington Post Wonkblog (6/3/13)
- Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab (6/3/13)
- Chris Selley, National Post (6/5/13)
- Editorial, Richmond Times-Dispatch (6/11/13)
- Eric Horowitz, Pacific Standard (8/23/13)
- Marty Kaplan, Alternet (9/17/13)
- "McIntyre in the Morning," KABC Los Angeles (9/18/13)
- Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism by Thomas Patterson (Vintage, 10/18/13)
- Paul Krugman, New York Times (10/16/13)
- Richard A. D'Aveni, Forbes (10/29/13)
- Michel Pireu, Business Day South Africa (11/18/13)
- Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe (12/6/13)
- Dan Kennedy, Huffington Post (12/18/13)
- A. Barton Hinkle, Richmond Times Dispatch (12/22/13)
- Trang Ho, Investor's Business Daily (1/22/14)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (3/5/14)
- Chris Hayes, All In with Chris Hayes (3/11/14)
- Keith Kloor, Cosmos Magazine (3/17/14)
- Keith Kloor, Discover (4/8/14)
- Dylan Matthews, Vox (4/8/14)
- Ian Millhiser, Think Progress (4/21/14)
- Matthew Hancock, City A.M. (5/15/14)
- Tommy Tucker, WWL 870 AM New Orleans (6/5/14)
- Richard Mullins, Tampa Tribune (6/22/14)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (6/25/14)
- Chris Mooney, Mother Jones (9/12/14)
- Tom Stafford, BBC (11/13/14)
- Morgan Housel, Wall Street Journal (12/19/14)
- David Graham, The Atlantic (1/20/15)
- George Eaton, New Statesman (2/18/15)
- Christopher Graves, Harvard Business Review (2/20/15)
- Sophia A. McClennen, Salon (4/7/15)
- Julia Belluz, Vox (4/13/15)
- Ira Glass, This American Life (4/26/15)
- Rush Limbaugh, RushLimbaugh.com (4/27/15)
- John Cook, Newsweek (5/3/15)
- Greg Miller and Scott Higham, Washington Post (5/9/15)
- Sam Harris, The Daily Beast (5/10/15)
- Dylan Matthews, Vox (5/20/15)
- Laura Dattaro, Columbia Journalism Review (5/20/15)
- Michelle Amazeen, Washington Post (6/3/15)
- Sophia McClennen, Salon (7/24/15)
- Robert F. Jakubowicz, Berkshire Eagle (9/24/15)
- Brenda Looper, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (10/7/15)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (10/21/15)
- Louis C. Hochman, New Jersey 101.5 (10/26/15)
- Molly Osberg, Vice (10/28/15)
- Ho Lok-sang, Straits Times (10/31/15)
- Evan Horowitz, Boston Globe (11/18/15)
- Anne Pluta, FiveThirtyEight (1/7/16)
- David Graham, The Atlantic (1/7/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (1/8/16)
- John Feehery, The Hill (1/25/16)
- David Gooblar, Chronicle Vitae (1/27/16)
- A.J. Bauer, The Guardian (2/1/16)
- Clive McFarlane, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (3/4/16)
- Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg View (3/10/16)
- James Surowiecki, The New Yorker (3/21/16)
- Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times (5/18/16)
- Erin Schumaker, Huffington Post (6/2/16)
- Tori Bedford, Boston Public Radio (6/22/16)
- Christie Aschwanden, FiveThirtyEight (7/20/16)
- David Ignatius, Washington Post (8/4/16)
- David A. Graham, The Atlantic (9/8/16)
- The Economist (9/10/16)
- Marcus Wohlsen, Wired (9/13/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (9/19/16)
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (9/27/16)
- The 180 with Jim Brown, CBC Radio (10/2/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Washington Post (10/7/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (11/2/16)
- Jesse Singal, New York Magazine (11/7/16)
- Julia Belluz and Brian Resnick, Vox (11/16/16)
- Maria Konnikova, Politico Magazine (1/20/17)'
- Joe Uscinski, Reason (2/6/17)
- Robson Fletcher, CBC News (3/5/17)
- A. Bart Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch (4/19/17)
- Alia Dastagir, USA Today (4/20/17)
- Sophie A. McClennen, Salon (4/22/17)
- Matthew d'Ancona, The Guardian (5/12/17)
- Tim Hollo, The Guardian (7/7/17)
- Brian Resnick, Vox (7/10/17)
- Katty Kay, BBC (11/19/17)
- Gleb Tsipursky, Scientific American (12/11/17)
- Daniel Engber, Slate (1/3/18)
- Rob Wolfe, Valley News (1/4/18)
- Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab (1/11/18)
- Nicole Higgins DeSmet, Burlington Free Press (1/12/18)
- Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue (2/22/18)
- Wolfgang Tillmans, The Guardian (2/28/18)
- Wolfgang Tillmans, New York Times (3/21/18)
- The Economist (4/5/18)
- Matthew D'Ancona, British GQ (6/4/18)
- Denise-Marie Ordway, Harvard Business Review (7/19/18)
- Gian Volpicelli, Wired UK (11/12/18)
- Nicholas Kristof, New York Times (11/25/18)
- Ben Rowen, Pacific Standard (1/17/19)
- Gordon Pennycook and David Rand, New York Times (1/19/19)
- Alia E. Dastagir, USA Today (3/8/19)
- Chris Selley, National Post (7/29/19)
- Ari Melber, Rolling Stone (5/8/20)
- Lee Drutman, FiveThirtyEight (6/3/20)
- Megan Molteni, Wired (6/15/20)
- Timothy Caulfield, The Star (6/19/20)
- Jan Oledan, Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, and Jacob N. Shapiro, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (6/25/20)
- Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post (8/29/20)
- Nicolás Rivero, Quartz (11/2/20)
- Brian Klaas, Washington Post (1/25/21)
Bayesian Model Averaging: Theoretical Developments and Practical Applications (pre-publication version). 2010. Political Analysis 18(2): 245-270. (with Jacob Montgomery)
-Replication data and code (R/Stata) [7.3 MB]
-R package: readme.txt, Unix/Mac, Windows-32, Windows-64
Media coverage
- Evan Soltas, Bloomberg View (7/26/13)
Other publications
Promoting Reproducible Research To Maximize The Benefits Of Government Investments In Science. 2024. Federation of American Scientists.
How Effective Are Media Literacy Interventions at Countering Misinformation in the Global South? 2024. Democratic Erosion Consortium Democratic Erosion Evidence Brief. (with Robert A. Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Laura Paler, Charlene J. Stainfield, and Julie Ann Weaver)
Interventions to Counter Misinformation: Lessons From the Global North and Applications to the Global South. 2024. Current Opinion in Psychology. 55: 101732. (with Robert A. Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Laura Paler, Pablo Argote, and Charlene J. Stainfield)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
Communicating With Voters to Build Trust in the U.S. Election System: Best Practices and New Areas for Research. 2024. Mapping Election Administration and Election Science initiative, MIT Election Data + Science Lab. (with Olivier Bergeron-Boutin, Katherine Clayton, Thad Kousser, and Lauren Prather)
24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 U.S. Elections. 2023. UCLA Law. (with other members of the Ad Hoc Committee for 2024 Election Fairness and Legitimacy)
Media coverage
- Zach Montellaro, Politico (9/13/23)
- Thomas Edsall, New York Times (10/18/23)
- Lisa DeJardins, PBS NewsHour (10/22/23)
Interventions to Counter Misinformation: Lessons From the Global North and Applications to the Global South. 2023. USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse. (with Robert A. Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Laura Paler, Pablo Argote, and Charlene J. Stainfield)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
The Destructive Effects of President Trump's Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election. 2022. Statement submitted to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives. (with John Carey, Gretchen Helmke, and Susan Stokes)
President Trump's Rhetoric Undermined Confidence in Elections Among His Supporters. 2022. Statement submitted to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives. (with Katherine Clayton, Nicholas T. Davis, Ethan Porter, Timothy J. Ryan, and Thomas J. Wood)
Overcoming Barriers to Vaccination by Empowering Citizens to Make Deliberate Choices. 2022. The British Academy. (with Peter John, Peter John Loewen, Manu Savani, John McAndrews, Sanchayan Banerjee, Richard Koenig, and Blake Lee-Whiting)
Exposure to Alternative & Extremist Content on YouTube. 2021. Anti-Defamation League. (with Annie Y. Chen, Jason Reifler, Ronald E. Robertson, and Christo Wilson)
Media coverage
- Will Carless and Jessica Guynn, USA Today (2/12/21)
- Rebecca Klar, The Hill (2/12/21)
- Staff, Times of Israel (2/14/21)
- Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post (4/6/21)
- Ethan Zuckerman, The Atlantic (8/6/21)
- Ashley Boyd, The New York Times (8/8/21)
Fair Elections During a Crisis: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech to Advance the Legitimacy of, and the Public's Confidence in, the November 2020 U.S. Elections. 2020. UCI Law. (with other members of the Ad Hoc Committee for 2020 Election Fairness and Legitimacy)
Media coverage
- Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg Opinion (5/3/20)
- Eric Lach, The New Yorker (5/8/20)
- Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press (5/27/20)
- Matthew Brown, Deseret News (6/9/20)
- Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review (6/12/20)
- Lou Jacobson and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact (6/18/20)
- Sam Levine, The Guardian (6/24/20)
- David Corn, Mother Jones (6/30/20)
- Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press (7/3/20)
- Greg Sargent, Washington Post (7/22/20)
- David Ignatius, Washington Post (7/23/20)
- Ben Smith, New York Times (8/2/20)
- Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact (9/1/20)
- Edward-Isaac Dovere, The Atlantic (9/9/20)
- Joan Walsh, The Nation (10/1/20)
- Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine (11/7/20)
National News, Local Lens? Findings from the 2019 Poynter Media Trust Survey. The Poynter Institute. 2019. (with Andrew Guess and Jason Reifler)
Why Fears of Fake News Are Overhyped. Medium. 2019.
Fake news, Facebook ads, and misperceptions: Assessing information quality in the 2018 U.S. midterm election campaign. Public report. (with Andrew Guess, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob Montgomery, and Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times (3/19/19)
- David Graham, The Atlantic (6/7/19)
- Will Oremus, OneZero (12/3/19)
All Media Trust Is Local? Findings from the 2018 Poynter Media Trust Survey. The Poynter Institute. 2018. (with Andrew Guess and Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Erik Wemple, Washington Post (8/23/18)
- Michael Calderone, Politico (8/23/18)
- A.J. Katz, TVNewser (8/23/18)
- Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine (10/13/20)
Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature. Hewlett Foundation. 2018. (with Joshua Tucker, Andrew Guess, Pablo Barbera, Cristian Vaccari, Alexandra Siegel, Sergey Sanovich, and Denis Stukal)
Media coverage
- Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab (3/21/18)
- Max Fisher, New York Times (5/7/21)
Avoiding the Echo Chamber About Echo Chambers: Why Selective Exposure To Like-Minded Political News Is Less Prevalent Than You Think. The Knight Foundation. 2018. (with Andrew Guess, Benjamin Lyons, and Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Jesse Walker, Reason (2/14/18)
- Perry Bacon, FiveThirtyEight (3/7/18)
- Angela Chen, The Verge (3/22/18)
- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor (4/16/19)
- Maggie Koerth-Baker, FiveThirtyEight (10/8/19)
"You're Fake News!" The 2017 Poynter Media Trust Survey. The Poynter Institute. 2017. (with Andrew Guess and Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Craig Silverman, Buzzfeed (12/4/17)
- Erik Wemple, Washington Post (12/4/17)
- Michael Calderone and Jason Schwartz, Politico (12/5/17)
- Peter Baker and Sydney Ember, New York Times (12/11/17)
- Indira Lakshmanan, Poynter (12/22/17)
- Micah Cohen, FiveThirtyEight (3/7/18)
A Checklist Manifesto for Peer Review. 2016. The Political Methodologist 23(1): 4-6.
Increasing the Credibility of Political Science Research: A Proposal for Journal Reforms (pre-publication version). 2015. PS: Political Science & Politics 48(S1): 78-83.
APSA as Amplifier: How to Encourage and Promote Public Voices within Political Science (pre-publication version). 2015. PS: Political Science & Politics 48(S1): 90-93. (with John Sides and Joshua A. Tucker)
Estimating Fact-checking's Effects: Evidence from a long-term experiment during campaign 2014. 2015. American Press Institute. (with Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Brooks Jackson, FactCheck.org (4/22/15)
- Angie Drobnic Holan, PolitiFact (4/22/15)
- Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View (4/23/15)
- David Uberti, Columbia Journalism Review (4/24/15)
- Leonard Pitts, syndicated column (4/25/15)
- Rem Rieder, USA Today (4/29/15)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (10/21/15)
- Tatiana Walk-Morris, Nieman Reports (3/23/16)
- Tamar Wilner, Poynter (4/19/16)
- Bill Adair, Columbia Journalism Review (7/25/18)
- Stephen Loiaconi, Sinclair Broadcast Group (8/9/18)
The Diffusion of Fact-checking: Understanding the growth of a journalistic innovation. 2015. American Press Institute. (with Lucas Graves and Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- James Warren, Poynter (4/20/15)
- Brooks Jackson, FactCheck.org (4/22/15)
- Angie Drobnic Holan, PolitiFact (4/22/15)
- David Uberti, Columbia Journalism Review (4/24/15)
- Leonard Pitts, syndicated column (4/25/15)
- Rem Rieder, USA Today (4/29/15)
- Michelle Amazeen, Washington Post (6/3/15)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (10/21/15)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (1/8/16)
Which Corrections Work? Research Results and Practice Recommendations. 2013. New America Foundation Media Policy Initiative Research Paper. (with Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Craig Silverman, Poynter (10/21/13)
- Evan McMurry, Mediaite (10/23/13)
- Dylan Matthews, Vox (4/8/14)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (8/24/16)
The Effects of Fact-checking Threat: Results From a Field Experiment in the States. 2013. New America Foundation Media Policy Initiative Research Paper. (with Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- David Leonhardt, New York Times (10/8/13)
- Dylan Matthews, Washington Post (10/8/13)
- Reid Wilson, Washington Post (10/8/13)
- Molly Ball, The Atlantic (10/8/13)
- Martha Moore, USA Today (10/8/13)
- Craig Silverman, Poynter (10/8/13)
- Evan McMurry, Mediaite (10/8/13)
- John Sides, Washington Post (10/9/13)
- Jacob Sullum, Reason (10/9/13)
- Christopher Zara, International Business Times (10/9/13)
- Andrew Sullivan, The Dish (10/9/13)
- Frank Sesno, CNN's "Reliable Sources" (10/13/13)
- Paul Singer, USA Today (11/12/13)
- Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch (10/10/14)
- Michelle Amazeen, Washington Post (6/3/15)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (10/21/15)
- Dave Helling, Kansas City Star (12/9/15)
Does the US Media Have a Liberal Bias? A Discussion of Tim Groseclose's Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind (local copy). 2012. Perspectives on Politics 10(3): 767-771.
-Replication code (Stata)
Misinformation and Fact-checking: Research Findings from Social Science. 2012. New America Foundation Media Policy Initiative Research Paper. (with Jason Reifler)
Media coverage
- Amy Gahran, Knight Digital Media Center (2/29/12)
- Craig Silverman, Poynter (3/1/12)
- John Wihbey, Journalist's Resource (3/1/12)
- Henry J. Gomez, Cleveland Plain Dealer (3/24/12)
- Craig Silverman, Nieman Reports (7/19/12)
- Jim Giles, New Scientist (9/19/12)
- Reed Richardson, The Nation (1/4/13)
- Jonathan Bernstein, Washington Post PostPartisan (2/5/13)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (10/21/15)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (1/8/16)
- Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter (5/8/16)
- Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio (9/3/16)
How Political Science Can Help Journalism (and Still Let Journalists Be Journalists) (local copy). 2011. The Forum 9(1). (with John Sides)
Media coverage
- -David Bernstein, Boston Phoenix (5/1/11)
- Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism by Thomas Patterson (Vintage, 10/18/13)
Why the "Death Panel" Myth Wouldn't Die: Misinformation in the Health Care Reform Debate (local copy). 2010. The Forum 8(1).
-Replication code (Stata)
Media coverage
- Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist (4/28/10)
- The 7th Avenue Project, KUSP Santa Cruz (5/2/10)
- Matt Steinglass, The Economist (5/5/10)
- Andrew Sullivan, The Dish (5/7/10)
- Marcia Clemmitt, CQ Researcher (2/18/11)
- Chris Mooney, The American Prospect (6/13/11)
- "Radio Smart Talk", WITF Harrisburg (6/21/11)
- John Gregg, Valley News (10/30/11)
- Chris Mooney, Alternet (2/22/12)
- Paul Krugman, New York Times (2/27/12)
- The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science - and Reality by Chris Mooney (Wiley, 4/10/12)
- Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism by Thomas Patterson (Vintage, 10/18/13)
- Simon Maloy, Salon (6/23/14)
- Reed Richardson, The Nation (7/21/14)
- Daniel Engber, Slate (1/3/17)
Party and Constituency in the U.S. Senate, 1933-2004. 2008. In Why Not Parties?, Nathan W. Monroe, Jason M. Roberts, and David Rohde, eds. University of Chicago Press. (with John Aldrich, Michael Brady, Scott de Marchi, Ian McDonald, David Rohde, and Michael Tofias)
-Replication data and code (Stata)
All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media and the Truth. Touchstone, 2004. (with Ben Fritz and Bryan Keefer)
->Amazon.com Best Books of 2004 (11/10/04)
-New York Times bestseller (9/5/04)
Scholarly reviews
Review of Milton Lodge and Charles S. Taber, The Rationalizing Voter (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). 2014. Public Opinion Quarterly 78(S1): 365-367.
Review of Thráinn Eggertsson, Imperfect Institutions: Possibilities and Limits of Reform (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005). 2006. Public Choice 129: 239-241.