A study of the consequences of partisan communication on the stability of unified government of the United States.

Ask most Americans, and they'll tell you that presidential campaigns get dirtier and more negative with every election. This text suggests that this may not be

These days the truth is hard to find. If the press is not beleived-or believable-because politicians have turned the public against it, then the press is not fr

Examination of how attack journalism is undermining our nation's politics.

Americans tend to see negative campaign ads as just that: negative. Pundits, journalists, voters, and scholars frequently complain that such ads undermine elect