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Browser Plugin Helps People Balance Their Political News Reading Habits
September 27, 2012 — As the U.S. presidential election approaches, many voters become voracious consumers of online political news. A new tool tracks whether all those articles really provide a balanced view of the ... > full story -
The GOP Has a Feminine Face, Study Finds
September 27, 2012 — Female politicians with stereotypically feminine facial features are more likely to be Republican than Democrat, and the correlation increases the more conservative the lawmaker's voting record, find ... > full story -
Presidential Debates Will Get 'Social', Experts Say
September 26, 2012 — There's a trump card in the 2012 presidential debates, and while nobody's really talking about it yet, almost everybody is talking through it. That card is social ... > full story -
Finding the Statistical Fingerprints of Election Thieves
September 25, 2012 — Scientists examined voter data from a dozen recent elections around the world and found statistical evidence for election fraud in two of ... > full story -
News Consumption of Political Stories Not Enough to Retain Political Knowledge
September 25, 2012 — Researchers have found that adolescents who spend more time thinking and talking about the news with their peers and relatives tend to know more about political developments in the ... > full story -
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U.S. Presidential Candidates Could Get Medieval With 'Indirect Aggression' Debate Tactics
September 25, 2012 — As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in a series of presidential debates, the candidates and their running mates could go medieval on their opponents by using a rhetorical technique ... > full story -
Emotion Detector Enables Design of Tailor-Made Election Campaigns
September 25, 2012 — Messages, attires, gestures, themes or melodies that are liked by the public are some of the aspects that guarantee the success of a political party. Researchers are now helping to define such ... > full story -
The More We Know About Celebrities, the Less We Like Them
September 25, 2012 — Clint Eastwood's famous interview with an invisible President Obama seated in an empty chair at the Republican National Convention may have done more than elicit a round of late-night television ... > full story -
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Media Coverage Influences Value of U.S. Presidential Debates for Viewers, Study Finds
September 24, 2012 — The U.S. presidential debates offer viewers a lot of substance about the issues of the campaign -- but post-debate media coverage can undermine the value they have for voters, a new study ... > full story -
New Study of Political Defections Identifies 'Personality Type' Prone to Switch Sides
September 23, 2012 — A new study on political defections has identified an 'archetype' for someone who is likely to break political ... > full story
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