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Partisan Asymmetries in Online Political Activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We examine partisan differences in the behavior, communication patterns and social interactions of more than 18,000 politically-active Twitter users to produce evidence that points to changing levels of partisan engagement with the American online ...
A Barrat   +32 more
core   +2 more sources

The effect of new technologies on civic participation models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The development of new technologies will enable decentralization and freedom of communication for large numbers of people, by overcoming the barriers that once rendered direct participation of society unfeasible.
Holubiak, Nataliia
core   +3 more sources

Science communication as political communication [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Scientific debates in modern societies often blur the lines between the science that is being debated and the political, moral, and legal implications that come with its societal applications. This manuscript traces the origins of this phenomenon to professional norms within the scientific discipline and to the nature and complexities of modern science
openaire   +2 more sources

Government funding of non-governmental organisations and the implied freedom of political communication: the constitutionalityof gag clause [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article considers the growing use of clauses in funding contracts with NGOs restricting their ability to engage in advocacy or contribute to public debate on contentious political issues.
Gray, Anthony
core   +2 more sources

Fulfilling the journalistic principles of truth and objectivity in the context of mediatisation of political communication – the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The mediatisation of political communication indicates two main functions of the mass media: they report on events from the world of politics and create the images of political actors in the eyes of the public.
Leśniczak, Rafał
core   +2 more sources

Quantifying echo chamber effects in information spreading over political communication networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Echo chambers in online social networks, in which users prefer to interact only with ideologically-aligned peers, are believed to facilitate misinformation spreading and contribute to radicalize political discourse. In this paper, we gauge the effects of
Cota, Wesley   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The 'public inquisitor' as media celebrity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article looks at the development and utility of celebrity among high-profile political interviewers. Offering the revised description 'public inquisitor', the article presents an overview of the rise of the political interviewer as a celebrity form ...
Higgins, Michael
core   +1 more source

The problem of political science and practical politics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Copyright @ 2006 The AuthorsWe reflect on the reasons why there is not a greater and more fruitful relationship between those who seek to understand policy and the political process from academia and those with a similar task in ‘practical politics’.
Almond G.   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

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