Field experiment evidence of substantive, attributional, and behavioral persuasion by members of Congress in online town halls

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3937-3942

  Minozzi, William ^a   Neblo, Michael A ^a   Esterling, Kevin M ^b   Lazer, David M J ^c,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Immigration; Persuasion; Political science; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RANDOMIZATION; TRUST; ADULT; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961289786     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418188112     Document Type: Article

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