# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
Bush School of Government and Public Service

# overview
My research questions relate to news media and politics, political communication, and the impact of changing communication technologies on media effects, public opinion, and political behavior. Most of my work has implications for civic literacy, engagement, and democratic deliberation.  Broadly, I focus on questions such as: What makes news more or less informative?  How are changes to the contemporary communication landscape influencing elite and mass linkages and political polarization?  What are the effects of mobile communication on citizen news engagement and civic literacy?  What are the causes and consequences of news bias toward women and racial and ethnic groups?

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Networking And Information Technology R&d (nitrd)

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16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

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Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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University of North Texas - (Denton, Texas, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of North Texas - (Denton, Texas, United States)

# publications[].label
Anglo voting on nativist ballot initiatives: The partisan impact of spatial proximity to the US-Mexico border

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What Predicts the Game Frame? Media Ownership, Electoral Context, and Campaign News

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Voters' Perceptions of Party Platforms: The Role of Changing Information Contexts

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Media Ownership and Story Tone in Campaign News

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Seeing Spanish: The Effects of Language-Based Media Choices on Resentment and Belonging

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Pathways to Deeper News Engagement: Factors Influencing Click Behaviors on News Sites

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U.S. News Coverage of Global Terrorist Incidents

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Elites are people, too: The effects of threat sensitivity on policymakers' spending priorities.

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Objectivity and Information Bias in Campaign News

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Spatial Proximity to the US-Mexico Border and Newspaper Coverage of Immigration Issues

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English- and Spanish-Language Media Coverage of Immigration: A Comparative Analysis

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The Role of Minority Journalists, Candidates, and Audiences in Shaping Race-Related Campaign News Coverage

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Influence from Abroad: Foreign Voices, the Media, and US Public Opinion

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US News Coverage of Global Terrorist Incidents

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Traits versus Issues: How Female Candidates Shape Coverage of Senate and Gubernatorial Races

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Doris A. Graber's Contributions to Political Communication

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Smartphone-size screens constrain cognitive access to video news stories

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Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform

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Party Polarization, Media Choice, and Mass Partisan-Ideological Sorting

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Does (Screen) Size Matter? News Engagement on Computers, Tablets, and Smartphones

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It's All in the Name: Source Cue Ambiguity and the Persuasive Appeal of Campaign Ads

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Mass Media and American Politics (Tenth Edition)

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Markets, Ownership, and the Quality of Campaign News Coverage

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Newspaper Closures Polarize Voting Behavior

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Poll-Centered News Coverage Causes and Consequences

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When newspapers close, voters become more partisan

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Local newspapers can help reduce polarization with opinion pages that focus on local issues

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News Exposure and Information Processing in a Post-Broadcast Media Environment

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46,218 news transcripts show ideologically extreme politicians get more airtime

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INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON THE INFORMATION QUALITY OF CAMPAIGN NEWS

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Skin Tone and Individuals' Perceptions of Commonality and Competition with Other Racial and Ethnic Groups

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As Seen on TV? How Gatekeeping Makes the US House Seem More Extreme

# publications[].label
Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform

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Rebuilding or Intruding? Media Coverage and Public Opinion on Latino Immigration in Post-Katrina Louisiana

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Halaman opini pada koran lokal membantu mengurangi polarisasi politik: temuan dari Amerika

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The Many Layers of Local: Proximity and Market Influence on News Coverage of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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Strategic Candidate Entry and Congressional Elections in the Era of Fox News

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Slanted Newspaper Coverage of Immigration: The Importance of Economics and Geography

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Reinforcing or Breaking Party Systems? Internet Communication Technologies and Party Competition in Comparative Context

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Resurgent Mass Partisanship Revisited: The Role of Media Choice in Clarifying Elite Ideology

# publications[].label
Studying Technological Change and Media Effects

# researcherOn[].label
Framing Gun Control as a Suicide Prevention Measure: Influencing Health Education and Public Perceptions

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Political Science; 

# schools[]
Bush School of Government and Public Service