How does the way we talk about an issue matter? My research with Amber Boydstun and others focuses on measuring framing (and other agenda control behaviors) and their consequences.
Publications and Resources:
- “Self-Coding: A Method to Assess Semantic Validity and Bias when Coding Open-Ended Responses.” With Jessica Feezell and Amber Boydstun, Research & Politics, first access July 27, 2021.
- “Framing, Identity, and Blame: Do Episodic vs. Thematic Framing Effects Vary by Target Population?” With Jessica Feezell and Amber Boydstun. Politics, Groups, and Identities, Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 347-368, 2021.
- “Media, information, and political participation: The importance of online news sources in the absence of a free press.” With Suveyda Karakaya. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2019.
- “In the Wake of a Terrorist Attack, Do Americans’ Attitudes Toward Muslims Decline?” With Amber Boydstun and Jessica Feezell, Research & Politics, 2018.
- “Scalable Multidimensional Response Measurement using a Mobile Platform.” With Amber Boydstun, Matt Pietryka, and Philip Resnik. In Political Communication in Real Time: Theoretical and Applied Research Approaches, Dan Schill, Rita Kirk, and Amy Jasperson, eds. Routledge, 2016.
- Website for the React Labs: Educate project, which used a smartphone app to track real-time citizen responses to the 2012 presidential debates.
- “Real-Time Reactions to a 2012 Presidential Debate: A Method for Understanding Which Messages Matter.” With Amber Boydstun, Matt Peitryka, and Philip Resnik. Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 78, Special Issue, 2014.
- “A Two-Tiered Method for Identifying Trends in Media Framing of Policy Issues: The Case of the War on Terror.” With Amber Boydstun. Policy Studies Journal, Volume 41, Number 4, 2013.
- “Agenda Control in the 2008 Presidential Debates.” With Amber Boydstun and Claire Phillips. American Politics Research, Volume 41, Number 5, 2013.
- “Playing to the Crowd: Agenda Control in Presidential Debates.” With Amber Boydstun and Matt Peitryka. Political Communication, Volume 30, Issue 2, 2013.
- “The President, the Press, and the War: A Tale of Two Framing Agendas.” With Amber Boydstun. Political Communication, Volume 29, Issue 4, 2012.
- “Contemporary Islamism: Trajectory of a Master Frame.” With Matthew Cleary. The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2007.
Works in Progress:
- “Differential Effects among Broadcast News: Public Opinion Change and the Black Lives Matter Protests.” With Jessica Feezell, Amber Boydstun, and Sarah Bliss (graduate student coauthor).
- “Conspiratorial Thinking and the Consequences for Democracy.” With David Weaver. Under Review. Dataset available here.