The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

Names: Strömbäck, Jesper editor.| Kiousis, Spiro editor. Title: Political public relations:
concepts, principles, and applications/edited by Jesper Strömbäck and Spiro Kiousis …

The 2016 Trump campaign held more than 300 rallies. Our research examines whether
these rallies and Trump's rhetoric served as opportunities for the spread of hate. We …

Scholars have long been interested in the communication of America's chief executive, but
the context in which that communication takes place has undergone dramatic changes over …

Presidents invariably use the bully pulpit to push a political agenda, but whether this leads to
political success in advancing that agenda has long been the subject of debate. The …

In recent years, scholars have argued that the ability of people to choose which channel they
want to watch means that television news is just preaching to the choir, and doesn't change …

News is intimately related with knowledge. It is part of journalism's selfunderstanding that
news helps people understand the world around them. Wanting to know more about the …

Although research on immigration politics is extensive, few scholars have systematically
connected immigration politics to the president's rhetoric over time. This is surprising since …

Can presidents influence news coverage through their press conferences? Scant research
has explored this question leaving two possible answers. On the one hand, presidential …

The president's ability to influence the news agenda is central to the study of American
politics. Although there is a large literature that examines presidential agenda-setting vis-à …