We review recent empirical evidence that shows political campaigns are more potent than
widely believed, focusing on the conceptual and methodological advances that have …

Our earlier article (Bennett & Iyengar, 2008) argued that because news audiences are
increasingly self‐selected, communications scholars will be increasingly hard pressed to …

In this chapter, we survey various areas of political communication research ranging from
micro-psychological effects to broader systemic effects. Relative to our chapter in Bryant and …

This article takes up Bennett and Iyengar's (2008) call for debate about the future of political
communication effects research. We outline 4 key criticisms. First, Bennett and Iyengar are …

Political observers of all types often express concerns that Americans are dangerously
polarized on political issues and are, in part due to the availability of opinionated niche news …

Agenda-setting, priming, and framing research generally has been examined under the
broad category of cognitive media effects. As a result, studies often either examine all 3 …

Research on political communication effects has enjoyed great progress over the past 25
years. A key ingredient underlying these advances is the increased usage of experiments …

Despite generations of research, political scientists have trouble pinpointing the influence of
political parties on public opinion. Recently, scholars have made headway in exploring …

Recent communication research concerning participatory politics has found that the effects
of media, especially campaign ads, conventional news, and online political resources, are …

This project seeks theoretical and methodological advances in the study of political
advertising effects during election campaigns. On the theoretical side, we hypothesize that …