Are legislators responsive to the priorities of the public? Research demonstrates a strong
correspondence between the issues about which the public cares and the issues addressed …

Fake news has become a prominent topic of public discussion, particularly among elites.
Recent research has explored the prevalence of fake news during the 2016 election cycle …

To analyze the factors affecting US public concern about the threat of climate change
between January 2002 and December 2013, data from 74 separate surveys are used to …

Dominant narratives-from the Cold War consensus to the War on Terror-have often served
as the foundation for debates over national security. Weaving current challenges, past …

Populism, as many have observed, is a communication phenomenon as much as a coherent
ideology whose mass appeal stems from the fiery articulation of core positions, notably …

Contemporaries and historians often blame the errors and tragedies of US policy during the
Cold War on a dominant narrative of national security: the “Cold War consensus.” Its usual …

Twitter gained new levels of political prominence with Donald J. Trump's use of the platform.
Although previous work has been done studying the content of Trump's tweets, there …

The same aspects of American government and society that propelled the United States to
global primacy have also hampered its orderly and successful conduct of foreign policy. This …

For nearly four decades, scientists warning of the likely impacts of global warming put
substantial efforts into educating the public about the increasing dangers and the actions …

Think tanks and their roles in rendering expertise in policy advice have been the subject of
historical and ongoing research in policy sciences. However, the widening trend of digital …