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Does the media convey accurate information about what policymakers do?
The public adjust their preferences for policy spending downward when spending increases and upward when spending decreases. In their new book, Information and Democracy: Public Policy in the News, Stuart Soroka and Christopher Wlezien argue that the public respond in this way because they are getting information about policy spending from the news.
Can Democracy Survive? The 2021 Miller-Converse Roundtable
Every year the Center for Political Studies (CPS) celebrates two founders of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and CPS: Warren Miller and Phil Converse. The 2021 event featured a roundtable discussion of research by three CPS faculty members: Ken Kollman, Robert...
“If They Only Knew”: Informing Blacks and Whites about the Racial Wealth Gap
Vincent Hutchings delivered the inaugural lecture of the Hanes Walton Jr. Collegiate Professorship in Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies on March 31, 2021. Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal, the author of the landmark study An American Dilemma,...
CoderSpaces provide data science support and hands-on learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and students
Post by Jule Krüger, Program Manager for big data/data science. Jule developed CoderSpaces, weekly programming sessions at the University of Michigan in support of cutting edge research and scientific advancements, and has hosted them since 2019. For the past two...
Religion’s Sudden Decline: Why It’s Happening and What Comes Next
By Ronald F Inglehart, Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor Emeritus of Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights, and Research Professor Emeritus at theCenter for Political Studies. Professor Inglehart is the author of the forthcoming book Religion’s Sudden Decline:...
The Value of Social Science Research
The Center for Political Studies marked its 50th anniversary with a virtual celebration on October 29, 2020. The event featured a talk by Arthur Lupia titled “Now More Than Ever: The Increasing Public Value of Social Science Research.” The event began with a brief...
Perspectives on the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
With less than two weeks to go before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, CPS faculty members Vincent Hutchings, Angela Ocampo, and Jenna Bednar discussed the issues that may shape the outcome of the election. You can view a recording of this event held on October...
News Coverage of the 2020 Presidential Election
With less than a month to go before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, CPS faculty members Michael Traugott, Josh Pasek, and Stuart Soroka presented their latest findings on the state of public opinion and media coverage of the campaign. The event took place on...
Contrasting Narratives of the 2020 Presidential Election Campaign
This post is the second in a three-part series. Click here to read about the state of public opinion leading up to the 2020 presidential election, presented by Michael Traugott. Click here to read about news coverage during the election, presented by Stuart Soroka....
The State of the 2020 Presidential Campaign with Less Than a Month to Go
This post is the first of a three-part series. Click here to read about contrasting narratives of the 2020 presidential election campaign, presented by Josh Pasek. Click here to read about news coverage during the election, presented by Stuart Soroka. With less than a...
