Barry Burden’s Comments on Scott Walker’s Campaign in Politico
Barry Burden talks to Politico about Scott Walker’s decision to attack his opponent with negative advertising.
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Barry Burden talks to Politico about Scott Walker’s decision to attack his opponent with negative advertising.
Young Mie Kim talks to NPR about her research on divisive advertising on digital platforms during the 2016 election. Her research interests are digital media and misinformation. She is available for comment.
A report from Young Mie Kim and her research group Project Data was featured in a New York Times articles about how digital groups take advantage of microtargeted advertising on social media. The research shows that Russian groups identified and targeted nonwhite voters with messages promoting racial identity. These same groups then later switched to demobilization …
Barry Burden tells the New York Times about new evidence from Michigan that shows blatant partisanship in the redistricting process that has yet to be stopped by a court. He helped write a Supreme Court brief on the Wisconsin gerrymandering case Gill v. Whitford and is an expert on election administration.
Eleanor Powell told WPR that GOP candidates may have to choose between mobilizing their base and attracting swing voters. Her research focuses largely on Congress, political parties, and campaign finance.
Lewis Friedland talks about how it easy to go from being an administration official to a cable news talking head in Politico. He studies communication and journalism.
Robert Yablon was a guest on Wort Radio’s A Public Affair to discuss Husted v. A. Randolph Institute. The high court ruled in favor Ohio’s purge of the voter rolls. He is an expert on election law and is available for interviews.
Barry Burden and David Canon weigh in about the Supreme Court’s decision to send Wisconsin gerrymandering case back to the lower court on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog. They have both spoken extensively about gerrymandering and are available for interviews.
The Cap Times talks about Katerine Cramer and Lewis Friedland‘s project that examines how growing polarization and fragmentation in Wisconsin media ecology has contributed to the ideological and partisan divides in the state. Their project won a grant from UW2020 Program, which funds promising research at the university.
Donald Moynihan talks about the Board of Regent’s decision to implement a three-strike policy for disrupting other students’ free expression.