I am happy to announce the publication of a new book, ‘Reporting Public Opinion: How the Media Turns Boring Polls into Biased News‘, co-authored with Zoltán Fazekas. The book is about how and why opinion polls are more likely to be about change in the news reporting. Specifically, journalists are more likely to pick opinion […]
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New article in Journal of European Social Policy: Personal politics
I have a new paper titled ‘Personal politics? Health care policies, personal experiences and government attitudes’ in the new issue of Journal of European Social Policy. Here is the abstract: Do personal experiences matter for public attitudes towards the role of the government? In the domain of healthcare, I argue that policies change the salience […]
New article in European Journal of Personality: The Generalizability of Personality Effects in Politics
I have an article in the new issue of European Journal of Personality (together with Joseph A. Vitriol and Steven G. Ludeke). The article is called The Generalizability of Personality Effects in Politics. The abstract is here: A burgeoning line of research examining the relation between personality traits and political variables relies extensively on convenience […]
New article in European Political Science Review: Bailout or bust?
Robert Klemmensen, Michael Baggesen Klitgaard and I have a new article in the May issue of the European Political Science Review. The article is titled ‘Bailout or bust? Government evaluations in the wake of a bailout‘. Here is the abstract: Governments are often punished for negative events such as economic downturns and financial shocks. However, […]
New article in Policy Studies Journal: Policy Feedback Effects on Mass Publics
I have a new article in the May issue of the Policy Studies Journal. The article is titled ‘Policy Feedback Effects on Mass Publics: A Quantitative Review‘. Here is the abstract: There has been an impressive stride in the research on policy feedback effects on mass publics over recent years. However, we lack systematic evidence […]
New article in European Sociological Review: Welfare Retrenchments and Government Support
My article, ‘Welfare Retrenchments and Government Support: Evidence from a Natural Experiment’, is now published in the European Sociological Review (vol. 34, no. 1). The abstract sums up the content of the article: A large body of literature has provided mixed results on the impact of welfare retrenchments on government support. This article examines whether […]