Purpose Negativity towards a brand is typically conceived as a significant problem for brand
managers. This paper aims to show that negativity towards a brand can represent an …

In previous studies, anti-vaccination attitudes have been attributed either to far-right voters or
to both far-left and far-right voters. The present study investigated the associations of political …

The left-right dimension is widely used by voters and parties as a 'super-issue'with flexible,
varying meaning. Hence, it is important to know how voters place parties on the left-right …

The left-right self-placement scale is often used in political science as a proxy for the policy
positions of voters and parties. Yet studies have suggested that, for voters, this relation is …

Most of the research about participatory institutions has neglected the analysis of the role
played by ideological preferences in their development. Do different political ideologies of …

This work addresses the dimensions and content of ideological space in Portugal and
Greece after the onset of the sovereign debt crisis and the imposition of austerity policies in …

This study tested the effectiveness of fact-check format (regular vs. satirical) to refute different
types of false information. Specifically, we conducted a pre-registered online survey …

Over the last decades, the rising salience of new issues has transformed politics in Western
Europe. How has this transformation affected citizens' left–right identities? This study shows …

Left–right semantics help voters simplify the complex political reality as they reduce party
views on a variety of issues to a single dimension. Less studied, however, is the question of …

How universal and effective is the left-right opposition? We use public opinion data collected
in 83 societies between 2008 and 2014 through the World Values Survey and the European …