Political Science

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was featured for her new book, Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President—What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know. “I’m not arguing that Russians pulled the voting levers,” she said. “I’m arguing that they persuaded enough people to either vote a certain way or not vote at all.”

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel discussed the debate surrounding changes to the U.S. health care system. “Unlike a single-payer plan that forces people into a government system, Medicare-for-all offers lots of choices,” said Emanuel.

Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication discussed the counterintuitive results of information exchanges across political party lines on social media. While one might think that stepping outside one’s echo chamber would improve understanding, Centola found that “communication in a highly polarized context increases polarization.”

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Dan Hopkins was cited for his book The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized. In it, he argues that “voters today are faced with very similar choices irrespective of where they live,” due in part to ideologically segmented media.

Dominik Stecula of the Annenberg Public Policy Center co-wrote an article arguing that coverage of female politicians often uses sexist language, and tends to focus more on family roles, appearance, and perceived “women’s political issues” when covering female politicians.