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Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Hardship, Drove Voters in 2016 Presidential Election

Socially dominant groups supported the candidate who most emphasized reestablishing status hierarchies of the past.

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APPC Visiting Scholar David Zarefsky Writing Book on Johnson Vietnam Speech

The speech described steps to limit the Vietnam War and announced that Johnson would not seek reelection.

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Mutz Awarded 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Mutz will study the growing backlash against globalization in Europe and North America.

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Andrew Daniller Named 2017-19 George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

Daniller researches the role of media in shaping citizens’ trust of democratic institutions and processes.

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Study Finds Troubling Consequences for Anti-Muslim and Anti-Mexican Attitudes and Actions

Those holding anti-immigrant sentiment were more likely to support increased surveillance, restricting immigration, and deportation.

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Mutz Awarded David O. Sears Book Award for In-Your-Face Politics

The award is given for the best book published over the past year in the field of political psychology of mass politics.

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New Study Shows Reading Harry Potter Lowers Americans’ Opinions of Donald Trump

Even when controlling for party identification, gender, education level, age, and other factors, the effect remained.

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Kathleen Hall Jamieson Awarded American Philosophical Society Prize

The 2016 award recognizes her paper “Implications of the Demise of ‘Fact’ in Political Discourse."

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Diana Mutz Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to Study Attitudes Toward Globalization

Mutz's project looks at how the public understands globalization and how it affects the way they form political preferences.