Public opinion

  1. Mass opinion shows little ideological structure
    Analysis of six million responses to Belgium's Voting Advice Application reveals voters lack ideological coherence while elites maintain consistent ideological structures.
  2. Reddit showed mixed views of the APA Goldwater Rule
    Analysis of Reddit discourse on the Goldwater Rule from 2016-2024 reveals public skepticism about psychiatric ethics guidelines, with 57.77% expressing neutral or negative views on restricting.
  3. Newspapers use speech acts to frame immigration differently
    Corpus analysis of speech acts in U.S. newspaper immigration coverage reveals how constatives, directives, and commissives shape public opinion differentially across liberal and conservative outlets.
  4. Intelligence reports reveal shifts in ethnic German morale in annexed Poland
    Comparative analysis of Polish Underground and Nazi SS intelligence reports reveals ethnic German sentiment shifts in Nazi-annexed Poland 1942-1944, reconstructing morale and loyalty patterns.
  5. Facebook news cards shape interpretation of border dispute
    Study examines how Facebook news card design features influence audience interpretation of the India-Bangladesh border dispute through visual framing, emotional priming, and credibility markers.
  6. Swiss parties join referendum campaigns for policy and image reasons
    Strategic analysis of political party participation in referendum campaigns, examining public attention, issue salience, and initiator status across 33 Swiss referendums using regression analysis.
  7. Mass Observation offers access to British public opinion and feeling
    Explore how Mass Observation methodology illuminates British political disaffection and polarization through longitudinal archival data, offering researchers unique insights into public sentiment.
  8. Weibo opinion shifted with precipitation during Typhoon Muifa
    Study analyzing Sina Weibo discourse during Typhoon Muifa 2022, examining public sentiment and attention patterns across 19,417 posts using topic modeling and sentiment analysis to correlate.
  9. French candidates shifted away from Ukraine as economic concerns dominated
    Analysis of candidate issue emphasis strategies during the 2022 French presidential campaign following the Ukraine war outbreak, examining alignment with voter priorities.