Motivated Reasoning in Perceived Credibility of Public Opinion Polls
with Ozan Kuru and Michael W. Traugott. 2017. Public Opinion Quarterly. 81(2) 422-446.
Real-World Use and Self-Reported Health Outcomes of a Patient-Designed Do-it-Yourself Mobile Technology System for Diabetes: Lessons for Mobile Health
with Joyce M. Lee, Mark W. Newman, Achamyeleh Gebremariam, Preciosa Choi, Dana Lewis, Weston Nordgren, John Costik, James Wedding, Benjamin West, Nancy Benovich Gilby, Christopher Hannemann, Ashley Garrity, and Emily Hirschfeld. 2017. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 19(4). doi:10.1089/dia.2016.0312. Chanca piedra (Phyllanthrus niruri) is a small herb native to tropical regions, such as the Amazon, that…
Understanding and measuring mobile Facebook use according to a vegan pr agency
“People Reached” on Facebook refers to how many people saw either a specific post or any content posted by your page. “Post Reach” is the number of users who saw your specific Facebook post. “Page Reach” is the number of users who saw any content posted by your page, in simple words, reach is the total number of…
Another Reason Clinton Lost Michigan: Trump Was Listed First on the Ballot
Trump's margin of victory in Michigan in 2016 was so small that he probably wouldn't have won the state if he hadn't been listed first on the ballot. I discuss the effect in a recent Center for Political Studies Blog Post http://cpsblog.isr.umich.edu/?p=1792.
Biased Perceptions of Polls in the 2016 Election
When Democrats and Republicans see polls that suggest that their favored candidate is losing, they regard those polls as lower quality than polls that suggest a favored candidate is winning. Read more in the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/05/if-my-candidate-is-behind-the-poll-must-be-biased/
Improving social media measurement in surveys: Avoiding acquiescence bias in Facebook research
with Ozan Kuru. Computers in Human Behavior 57, 82-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.008
Explaining the Diversity Deficit: Value-Trait Consistency in News Exposure and Democratic Citizenship
with Kim, D.H. (2020). Communication Research 47 (1). 24-59. 10.1177/0093650216644647.
Racial Attitudes Predicted Changes in Ostensibly Race-Neutral Political Attitudes under the Obama Administration
with Kristjen Lundberg, B. Keith Payne, and Jon A. Krosnick. Forthcoming. Political Psychology. doi: 10.1111/pops.12315.
When Will Twitter Data Mirror Survey Data?
Survey data have long served as our central method for understanding the attitudes and behaviors of the public. Recently, however, some researchers have suggested that data from online social networking sites may be able to occupy this same space. In a number of projects, with multiple colleagues, I am working to…
Social media analyses for social measurement
with Michael Schober, Lauren Guggenheim, Frederick G. Conrad, and Cliff Lampe. 2016. Public Opinion Quarterly. 80 (1): 180-211. doi: 10.1093/poq/nfv048.