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Socioeconomic Correlates of Anti-Science Attitudes in the US

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2021
Successful responses to societal challenges require sustained behavioral change. However, as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US showed, political partisanship and mistrust of science can reduce public willingness to adopt recommended behaviors ...
Minda Hu   +3 more
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Involvement of political and socio-economic factors in the spatial and temporal dynamics of COVID-19 outcomes in Brazil: A population-based study

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022
Summary: Background: Brazil has been severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemics that is aggravated by the absence of a scientifically-driven coordinated informative campaign and the interference in public health management, which ultimately affected health
Diego Ricardo Xavier   +6 more
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The role of sexism in holding politicians accountable for sexual misconduct

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science, 2023
Experimental research on the impact of the #MeToo movement on the evaluation of politicians has focused on how the impact is conditioned by partisan motivation.
Bella Longdon, Susan Banducci
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How Partisanship Matters: A Panel Study on the Democratic Outcomes of Perceived Dirty Campaigning

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2022
Uncivil campaigning and deceitful campaign techniques are increasingly relevant phenomena in politics. However, it remains unclear how they share an underlying component and how partisanship can influence their associations with democratic outcomes.
Franz Reiter, Jörg Matthes
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All rants and no substance?: A new framework for studying the rationality of cyberspace [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2017
While the Internet has been used to galvanise people for the collective good, many have voiced concerns over the noise and vitriol present online and polarisation. In Singapore where the government regulates traditional mainstream media such as print and
Carol Soon, Tan Tarn How
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Value for Correction: Documenting Perceptions about Peer Correction of Misinformation on Social Media in the Context of COVID-19

open access: yesJournal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2021
Although correction is often suggested as a tool against misinformation, and empirical research suggests it can be an effective one, we know little about how people perceive the act of correcting people on social media.
Leticia Bode, Emily Vraga
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Polarisation in Southern Europe: Elites, Party Conflicts and Negative Partisanship [PDF]

open access: yesSouth European Society and Politics, 2020
The article complements our collection of studies of politics in polarised Southern Europe by offering a cross-regional comparison.
Bosco, Anna, Verney, Susannah
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Choosing the crook: A conjoint experiment on voting for corrupt politicians

open access: yesResearch & Politics, 2019
The coexistence of harsh disapproval of corruption and the limited electoral consequences of malfeasant behavior remains a conundrum in social sciences.
Sofia Breitenstein
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A Social Cognitive Theory Approach to Understanding Parental Attitudes and Intentions to Vaccinate Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesVaccines, 2022
The distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine represents a path towards global health after a worldwide pandemic. Yet, the U.S. response to the vaccination rollout has been politically polarized.
Ying Zhu   +4 more
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A second look at partisanship’s effect on receptivity to social pressure to vote

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2019
Social pressure can exert a powerful, but sometimes counterproductive, influence on compliance with the social norm of voting. Scholars have tested several implicit social pressure techniques to reduce negative reactions to these methods.
Richard E. Matland, Gregg R. Murray
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