… For this segment of the public, Gelpi, Reifler, and Feaver (unpublished) find that attitudes
toward the Iraq war had a substantial impact on vote choice—more substantial than their …

Is the expansion of media choice good for democracy? Not according to critics who decry “echo
chambers,”“filter bubbles,” and “information cocoons”—the highly polarized, …

An extensive literature addresses citizen ignorance, but very little research focuses on
misperceptions. Can these false or unsubstantiated beliefs about politics be corrected? Previous …

Political misperceptions can distort public debate and undermine people's ability to form
meaningful opinions. Why do people often hold these false or unsupported beliefs, and why is it …

… Drs Nyhan and Reifler initiated the project, obtained funding for the study, designed the
experiment, analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the initial manuscript; Drs Richey and …

Widespread belief in misinformation circulating online is a critical challenge for modern
societies. While research to date has focused on psychological and political antecedents to this …

… Reifler received funding support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. …

… Gelpi and Feaver, and Reifler have produced a most fascinating volume on the human costs
of waging war. They set out to understand under what conditions Americans would support …

Seasonal influenza is responsible for thousands of deaths and billions of dollars of medical
costs per year in the United States, but influenza vaccination coverage remains substantially …

Since the Vietnam War, US policymakers have worried that the American public will support
military operations only if the human costs of the war, as measured in combat casualties, are …