This review explicates the past, present and future of theory and research concerning
audience perceptions of the media as well as the effects that perceptions of media have on …

Causal influences of culture on cognition are challenging to examine scientifically. We here
introduce a method to address this challenge. Cultural snapshots enable scientists to (a) …

The empirical literature on the effects of opinion polls on election outcomes has recently
found substantial evidence of a bandwagon effect, defined as the phenomenon according to …

Decades of polling data and recent research have demonstrated the magnitude of anti-
atheist prejudice in the United States and its relationship to perceptions of atheists as …

Les cotes des baromètres mesurant les popularités sont généralement interprétées comme
le produit de la notoriété propre de chaque personnalité politique et de sa capacité …

Ce mémoire a pour objectif de déceler les effets de la couverture médiatique de la grève
étudiante de 2012 au Québec. Il cherche plus précisément les impacts des différents …

Under ideal conditions, when do voters switch from sincere to strategic voters? Despite a
large literature on strategic voting and Duverger's Law, few studies assess when individuals …

As this forum demonstrates, the competition between election forecasting models along the
US model becomes standard also in Germany. This raises the question about the scientific …

Humans are predominantly social creatures. We form friend groups and families. We join
social networks and professional networks. We group into religions, nationalities, and …

Opinion polls may inadvertently affect public opinion itself as people change attitudes after
learning what others think. A disconcerting possibility is that opinion polls have the ability to …