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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 -
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 -
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 -
Misinformation: Why It Sticks and How to Fix It
September 19, 2012 — Childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Barack Obama was born in the United States. Global warming is confirmed by science. And yet, many people believe claims to the contrary. Why does that kind of ... > full story -
Late-Night Comedy Television Increases Political Discussion
September 18, 2012 — The jokes, critiques and issues raised by late-night comedy television hosts may have a significant impact on how much people talk about the upcoming political election, based on a new ... > full story
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