Follow the Leader? How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 77, Heft 2, S. 637-640
ISSN: 0033-362X
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In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 77, Heft 2, S. 637-640
ISSN: 0033-362X
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 77, Heft 2, S. 637-636
ISSN: 0033-362X
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 79, Heft 3, S. 790-802
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 79, Heft 3, S. 790-802
ISSN: 0033-362X
In: Journal of experimental political science: JEPS, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 120-131
ISSN: 2052-2649
AbstractIncreasingly, experimental research is being conducted on the Internet in addition to the laboratory. Online experiments are more convenient for subjects and researchers, but we know little about how the choice of study location affects data quality. To investigate whether respondent behavior differs across study location, we randomly assign subjects to participate in a study in a laboratory or in an online setting. Contrary to our expectations, we find few differences between participants in terms of the level of attention and socially desirable responding. However, we find significant differences in two areas: the degree of self-reported distractions while completing the questionnaire and the tendency to consult outside sources for answers to political knowledge questions. We conclude that when the greater convenience (and higher response rates) of online experiments outweighs these disadvantages, Internet administration of randomized experiments represent an alternative to laboratory administration.
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 75, Heft 3, S. 659-671
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 75, Heft 3, S. 659-671
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: The international journal of press, politics, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 190-213
ISSN: 1940-1620
The Internet has changed the political world, but its effect on media usage patterns is not well understood. In particular, previous research suggests no clear answer to the question of whether the Internet is a substitute for or a complement to traditional media outlets. We contribute to this literature by applying theories from ecology—namely, the theory of the niche—to examine competition between new and older media. Our study is the first to test hypotheses derived from this theory on a large, national sample. The analysis indicates that people are replacing traditional outlets, especially newspapers, with the Internet. At the same time, however, replacement is not a widespread phenomenon as yet. We find important replacement differences across newspapers and radio on the one hand and television on the other. We also report some of the first evidence regarding the attitudinal consequences of replacement behavior.
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 74, Heft 3, S. 672-685
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 74, Heft 3, S. 672-684
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
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Working paper
In: Political communication: an international journal, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 229-248
ISSN: 1091-7675
In: Political communication, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 229-248
ISSN: 1058-4609
In: American political science review, Band 108, Heft 4, S. 840-855
ISSN: 1537-5943
Political knowledge is a central concept in the study of public opinion and political behavior. Yet what the field collectively believes about this construct is based on dozens of studies using different indicators of knowledge. We identify two theoretically relevant dimensions: atemporaldimension that corresponds to the time when a fact was established and atopicaldimension that relates to whether the fact is policy-specific or general. The resulting typology yields four types of knowledge questions. In an analysis of more than 300 knowledge items from late in the first decade of the 2000s, we examine whether classic findings regarding the predictors of knowledge withstand differences across types of questions. In the case of education and the mass media, the mechanisms for becoming informed operate differently across question types. However, differences in the levels of knowledge between men and women are robust, reinforcing the importance of including gender-relevant items in knowledge batteries.
In: Political Communication, Forthcoming
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