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Politicization of Science in COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: Comparing US Politicians, Medical Experts, and Government Agencies COVID-19疫苗传播中的科学政治化:比较美国政治家、医学专家和政府机构

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-04-10 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2201184

Alvin Zhou, Wenlin Liu, A. Yang

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Misperceptions and Minipublics: Does Endorsement of Expert Information by a Minipublic Influence Misperceptions in the Wider Public? 误解和小公众：小公众对专家信息的认可会影响广大公众的误解吗？

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-04-09 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2200735

L. Muradova, Eileen Culloty, Jane Suiter

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Harnessing Distrust: News, Credibility Heuristics, and War in an Authoritarian Regime 驾驭不信任：威权政权中的新闻、可信度启发式和战争

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-04-09 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2196951

Maxim Alyukov

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Destabilizing Race in Political Communication: Social Movements as Sites of Political Imagination 政治传播中的不稳定种族:作为政治想象场所的社会运动

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-04-07 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2198986

Rohan Grover, Rachel Kuo

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引用次数: 1

Don’t Make My Entertainment Political! Social Media Responses to Narratives of Racial Duty on Competitive Reality Television Series 别让我的娱乐政治化!社交媒体对竞争性真人秀节目中种族责任叙事的反应

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2195365

M. B. Harbin

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引用次数: 2

Farewell to Big Data? Studying Misinformation in Mobile Messaging Applications 告别大数据?研究移动消息应用程序中的错误信息

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-03-28 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2193563

Patrícia Rossini

引用次数: 4

#politicalcommunicationsowhite: Race and Politics in Nine Communication Journals, 1991-2021 #politicalcommunicationsowhite:种族与政治在九个传播期刊，1991-2021

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-03-23 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2192187

Deen Freelon, Meredith L. Pruden, Daniel Malmer

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Differential Racism in the News: Using Semi-Supervised Machine Learning to Distinguish Explicit and Implicit Stigmatization of Ethnic and Religious Groups in Journalistic Discourse 新闻中的种族歧视:使用半监督机器学习来区分新闻话语中对种族和宗教群体的显性和隐性侮辱

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-03-21 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2193146

Philipp Müller, Chung-hong Chan, Katharina Ludwig, Rainer Freudenthaler, Hartmut Wessler

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Making their Mark? How protest sparks, surfs, and sustains media issue attention 留下印记?抗议活动如何激发、推动并维持媒体的关注

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-03-11 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2188499

R. Wouters, J. Lefevere

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The Effects of Partisan Media in the Face of Global Pandemic: How News Shaped COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy 面对全球疫情，党派媒体的影响：新闻如何塑造新冠肺炎疫苗犹豫

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Political Communication Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2187496

Matthew P. Motta, Dominik A. Stecuła

引用次数: 4