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Reeher discusses the media's treatment of Trump in The Hill
"I do think it is clear, after almost four years of his presidency, that editorial choices...are very clearly very critical of the president [Donald Trump]," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Jackson cited in Slate article on capitalizing white
"We don’t need any more mechanisms to make whiteness more visible," says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
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Barkun cited in VICE articles on conspiracy theories
According to Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science, three core principles characterize most conspiracy theories. First, the belief that nothing happens by accident or coincidence. Secondly, that nothing is as it seems: The "appearance of innocence" is to be suspected. Finally, the belief that everything is connected through a hidden pattern.
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Barkun quoted in Foreign Policy article on QAnon movement
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Gadarian quoted in Science article on coronavirus messaging
"When you hear [health] experts saying one thing and the head of your [political] party saying another, that’s a troubling kind of thing to decide," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. In the United States, "What we’re seeing evidence of is that Republicans are basically going with what the president says."
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Reeher weighs in on coronavirus communications in Newsday
Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute says, "If it’s constant updates and endless press conferences with nothing new but an updated number, it doesn’t help," about how much information should be shared about the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mazur cited in Conversation article on fake science
According to Professor Allan Mazur, conspiracy theories are, by definition, resistant to evidence or data that might prove them false.
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Thorson quoted in Scientific American article on fake news, elections
A single piece of information rarely changes anyone’s opinion, "whether it’s true-or false," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, "That’s a good thing." The idea that a handful of unreliable outlets were going to substantially alter views or behaviors "is pretty far-fetched, given what we know about the stability of people’s political attitudes," she adds.
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Thorson quoted in CT Mirror article on Connecticut's tax myth
“Misconceptions about a particular policy, these are pretty common,” says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, about falsehoods about policies for an article for the CT Mirror.
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Sernett quoted in Slate article on new Harriet Tubman movie
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Banks speaks to CNN about Trump's comments about Rep. Adam Schiff
"Rep. [Adam] Schiff is protected by the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution from being questioned 'in any other place,'" said William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs. "The protection clearly extends to the offending Tweets."
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Thompson speaks with ABC radio about presidential racial rhetoric
In the wake of President Trump's recent tweets about four Democratic congresswomen of color, Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, assesses that coded racial language began to be used as a political strategy under President Richard Nixon.
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Thorson discusses belief echoes on WCNY's Capitol Pressroom
"Corrections of misinformation are constantly being amplified," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science. People are trying to do something good by correcting the misinformation but in the process they're "pushing it out to more people and potentially causing more belief echoes to arise."
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Research by Emily Thorson cited in Forbes article on misinformation
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, defines "belief echoes" as "effects on attitudes that persist even when you know that a piece of information is false."
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Thorson weighs in on study of uncivil online discourse in The Atlantic
"I’d argue that much of the dysfunction we see in online interactions is just a symptom of much larger and older social problems, including but not limited to racism and misogyny," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science.
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Thorson discusses how partisanship affects belief of facts with PBS
According to Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, negative misinformation about a politician of an opposing party is hard to shake, even after people learn that the original story was false.
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Journalism and Ideals of Democracy
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Out of the Ivory Tower
Maxwell’s Kristi Andersen is part of a small cast of Central New York scholars who convene weekly to reflect on public events and issues — all for the benefit of a local television audience. This they have done now more than 500 times!
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