Political Science

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson questioned assumptions of a study that politics interfered with family Thanksgiving gatherings in 2016, noting that the effects of political ads have been shown to “decay very rapidly.”

The Law School’s Claire Finkelstein discussed the administration’s claims that the FBI spied on the presidential campaign.

Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts and Sciences authored a report on the consequences of Brexit. “Our results show that if there was another referendum, people in Northern Ireland would vote more strongly to remain in the EU,” said O’Leary.

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Ian Lustick wrote about the reality of Palestinian life under Israel’s Zionist movement. “For any human being,” said Lustick, “no matter what their political views or ties to Israel or to Palestinian Arabs, the continuous mass shooting of Palestinian civilians is, or should be, emotionally and spiritually intolerable.”

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center described the relationship between the current administration and David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network as “base-tending” and “agenda control.”

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discussed MSNBC’s lineup, noting Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell’s success in developing a coherent narrative about the Mueller investigation that works to reinforce viewers’ beliefs in the president’s unsuitability.

Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication discussed the results of his new poll on surveillance. The study found that “political affiliation is a main predictor of Americans’ emotional reactions to surveillance,” with Democrats being more likely to feel negatively about surveillance and Republicans more likely to feel positively about it.