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Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty* Open
We develop a new index of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) based on newspaper coverage frequency. Several types of evidence—including human readings of 12,000 newspaper articles—indicate that our index proxies for movements in policy-rela…
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Status threat, not economic hardship, explains the 2016 presidential vote Open
Significance Support for Donald J. Trump in the 2016 election was widely attributed to citizens who were “left behind” economically. These claims were based on the strong cross-sectional relationship between Trump support and lacking a col…
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Emotion shapes the diffusion of moralized content in social networks Open
Significance Twitter and other social media platforms are believed to have altered the course of numerous historical events, from the Arab Spring to the US presidential election. Online social networks have become a ubiquitous medium for d…
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Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news. Open
The 2016 U.S. presidential election brought considerable attention to the phenomenon of "fake news": entirely fabricated and often partisan content that is presented as factual. Here we demonstrate one mechanism that contributes to the bel…
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Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure Open
Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics? Analyzing multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential elections spanning the period 2000 through 2016, we find strong…
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Social bots distort the 2016 U.S. Presidential election online discussion Open
Social media have been extensively praised for increasing democratic discussion on social issues related to policy and politics. However, what happens when this powerful communication tools are exploited to manipulate online discussion, to…
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Influence of fake news in Twitter during the 2016 US presidential election Open
The dynamics and influence of fake news on Twitter during the 2016 US presidential election remains to be clarified. Here, we use a dataset of 171 million tweets in the five months preceding the election day to identify 30 million tweets, …
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Fake News and The Economy of Emotions Open
This paper examines the 2016 US presidential election campaign to identify problems with, causes of and solutions to the contemporary fake news phenomenon. To achieve this, we employ textual analysis and feedback from engagement, meetings …
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This Just In: Fake News Packs A Lot In Title, Uses Simpler, Repetitive Content in Text Body, More Similar To Satire Than Real News Open
The problem of fake news has gained a lot of attention as it is claimed to have had a significant impact on 2016 US Presidential Elections. Fake news is not a new problem and its spread in social networks is well-studied. Often an underlyi…
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Twitter as arena for the authentic outsider: exploring the social media campaigns of Trump and Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election Open
In the 2016 US presidential election campaign, social media platforms were increasingly used as direct sources of news, bypassing the editorial media. With the candidates’ millions of followers, Twitter has become a platform for mass commu…
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Processing political misinformation: comprehending the Trump phenomenon Open
This study investigated the cognitive processing of true and false political information. Specifically, it examined the impact of source credibility on the assessment of veracity when information comes from a polarizing source (Experiment …
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Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions Open
In this presidential address, I advance a theoretical sketch on racialized emotions—the emotions specific to racialized societies. These emotions are central to the racial edifice of societies, thus, analysts and policymakers should unders…
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Disinformation and social bot operations in the run up to the 2017 French presidential election Open
Recent accounts from researchers, journalists, as well as federal investigators, reached a unanimous conclusion: social media are systematically exploited to manipulate and alter public opinion. Some disinformation campaigns have been coor…
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Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting Open
How do stigmatized minorities advance agendas when confronted with hostile majorities? Elite theories of influence posit marginal groups exert little power. I propose the concept of agenda seeding to describe how activists use methods like…
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Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Open
In this study, we analyze both mainstream and social media coverage of the 2016 United States presidential election. We document that the majority of mainstream media coverage was negative for both candidates, but largely followed Donald T…
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Presidential Address: Sustainable Finance and ESG Issues—<i>Value</i>versus<i>Values</i> Open
In this address, I discuss differences across investor and manager motivations for considering sustainable finance— value versus values motivations—and how these differences contribute to misunderstandings about environmental, social, and …
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Why Does Globalization Fuel Populism? Economics, Culture, and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism Open
There is compelling evidence that globalization shocks, often working through culture and identity, have played an important role in driving up support for populist movements, particularly of the right-wing kind. I start with an empirical …
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War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft Open
"A book about how nations use economic instruments to pursue geopolitical objectives. From Russia's coercive economic pressure on Ukraine, in Europe, and in Central Asia; to the steady sums of money that Gulf monarchies have extended to th…
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Discursive Deflection: Accusation of “Fake News” and the Spread of Mis- and Disinformation in the Tweets of President Trump Open
Twitter is increasingly being used within the sociopolitical domain as a channel through which to circulate information and opinions. Throughout the 2016 US Presidential primaries and general election campaign, a notable feature was the pr…
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Explaining the Trump Vote: The Effect of Racist Resentment and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Open
The campaign leading to the 2016 US presidential election included a number of unconventional forms of campaign rhetoric. In earlier analyses, it was claimed that the Trump victory could be seen as a form of protest voting. This article an…
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Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy: A Critical Appraisal Open
This paper briefly reviews and critically assesses Juan Linz's arguments about the perils of presidentialism. We largely agree with Linz that presidentialism as it is normally practiced is less likely than parliamentarism to sustain democr…
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Towards a Political Theory of the Firm Open
The revenues of large companies often rival those of national governments, and some companies have annual revenues higher than many national governments. Among the largest corporations in 2015, some had private security forces that rivaled…
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Mobilizing Sexism: The Interaction of Emotion and Gender Attitudes in the 2016 US Presidential Election Open
The outcome of the 2016 US presidential election cycle generated a great deal of attention about the political psychology of the average American voter. A familiar narrative was that authoritarianism, perhaps triggered by fears of cultural…
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Helping populism win? Social media use, filter bubbles, and support for populist presidential candidates in the 2016 US election campaign Open
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Unpacking the Social Media Bot: A Typology to Guide Research and Policy Open
Amid widespread reports of digital influence operations during major elections, policymakers, scholars, and journalists have become increasingly interested in the political impact of social media bots. Most recently, platform companies lik…
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Research on Teaching and Teacher Education and Its Influences on Policy and Practice Open
Using five AERA presidential addresses over the past half century as landmarks, this essay traces the evolution of research on teaching and teacher education as well as some critical impacts the research has had on policy and practice rela…
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Party rules, party resources and the politics of parliamentary democracies Open
This article introduces the first findings of the Political Party Database Project, a major survey of party organizations in parliamentary and semi-presidential democracies. The project’s first round of data covers 122 parties in 19 countr…
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Prediction and analysis of Indonesia Presidential election from Twitter using sentiment analysis Open
Big data encompasses social networking websites including Twitter as popular micro-blogging social media platform for a political campaign. The explosive Twitter data as a respond of the political campaign can be used to predict the Presid…
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Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing Open
Many critics raise concerns about the prevalence of ‘echo chambers’ on social media and their potential role in increasing political polarization. However, the lack of available data and the challenges of conducting large-scale field exper…
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Partisan Provocation: The Role of Partisan News Use and Emotional Responses in Political Information Sharing in Social Media Open
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