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Elections

Targeted internet ads may improve millennial voter turnout

Denise-Marie Ordway | January 24, 2019
Targeted internet ads may encourage more millennials to vote in municipal elections, according to a new study published in Political Communication.
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News Media

‘Fake news’ and school uniforms: Our most popular research roundups in 2018

Denise-Marie Ordway | December 21, 2018
The 10 research roundups our readers visited most often in 2018 focus on topics ranging from fake news and school uniforms to the Supreme Court and Olympic games.
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The margin of error: 7 tips for journalists covering polls and surveys

Denise-Marie Ordway | November 5, 2018
To help journalists understand margin of error and how to correctly interpret data from surveys and polls, we’ve put together a list of seven tips, including clarifying examples.
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Education

Study shows private schools aren’t better for low-income students

Denise-Marie Ordway | August 13, 2018
Low-income students don’t benefit more from private school than public school, suggests new research from scholars at the University of Virginia.
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The complicated relationship between sports and politics

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 27, 2018
A new study suggests serious sports fans are likely to show strong support for the military. The finding may help explain why some Americans react negatively to athletes kneeling during the national anthem.
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Internet

Information disorder: The essential glossary

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 23, 2018
Claire Wardle, a research fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, created a glossary so everyone has a shared vocabulary to discuss "fake news" and the spread of bad information online.
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News Media

What research says about how bad information spreads online

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 19, 2018
In an article that originally appeared in Harvard Business Review, we explain what scholars know to date about the reach and impact of bad online information and what works to prevent and stop it.
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Elections

Door-to-door canvassing campaigns can sway voter decisions

Carmen Nobel | July 9, 2018
Door-to-door canvassing campaigns actually work to persuade voters and sway national election outcomes – even when they don’t encourage more people to show up to the polls.
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Spanish-language political ads may prompt some voters to withdraw support

Denise-Marie Ordway | April 23, 2018
A new study suggests political candidates may win slightly more support from bilingual Latinos if they speak Spanish in their ads. But they stand to lose significant support from voters who only speak English.
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Elections

Political involvement during 2016 presidential election wasn’t very different

Denise-Marie Ordway | March 28, 2018
New research contradicts claims media organizations and political commentators have made about unusually high levels of political involvement among the public in 2016.

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