Yingdan Lu, director of the Computational Media and Politics Lab at Northwestern University and CCPP faculty affiliate, has published a new article in Political Communication examining how celebrity fan communities engage with state propaganda on social media platforms in China. The article, “Performative Propaganda Engagement: How Celebrity Fans Engage with State Propaganda on Weibo,” offers
Faculty and graduate affiliates from the Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) recently presented new research at the Southern Political Science Association 2026 Annual Meeting, examining how large language models (LLMs) conceptualize democracy across national and institutional contexts. The paper, Political Divergence of AI: Cross-National Differences in Large Language Models’ Perspectives on Democracy, led
The Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World Symposium, co-organized by the Center for Communication & Public Policy and Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, co-sponsored by the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the Polsky Foundation, this two-day event brings together leading experts from academia, policy, industry, and civil
CCPP faculty affiliate Olga Kamenchuk recently organized and moderated a timely webinar bringing together scholars to present new research on Ukrainian public opinion amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. The event highlighted cutting-edge survey research examining how Ukrainians perceive democracy, governance, national identity, and the war’s social and political consequences. As reported by The Daily
CCPP Director Erik C. Nisbet, Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication at Northwestern University, is a co-author on a new article in Nature Climate Change that rigorously tests the persuasiveness of the most influential climate change messaging strategies in the scholarly literature. The study directly engages with Nisbet’s 2011 Communication Research study,
A new study from Northwestern University’s Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP), published in Perspectives on Politics, offers powerful insights into how Americans balance their commitment to democratic principles with their economic well-being, revealing that electoral support for democracy is far more conditional than standard surveys suggest. For decades, public opinion surveys have shown
In a recent interview with Axios, Erik Nisbet, Director of Northwestern University’s Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, argues that Indiana’s decision not to pursue mid-decade redistricting could have ripple effects far beyond the state. According to Nisbet, Indiana’s move may “stop or at
Applications are now open for a Postdoctoral Research Opportunity to join the Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group, a major interdisciplinary initiative in which CCPP is participating, supported by the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. This position is part of the previously announced Buffett-supported grant advancing global benchmarks for evaluating large language models (LLMs)
The Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) is pleased to co-sponsor the Opening Plenary of Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World, hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in partnership with Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America. This flagship event, held at the Chicago Council,
The Center for Communication and Public Policy (CCPP) is part of an interdisciplinary Northwestern team that has received a $200,000 award from the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs to support the Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group. The project includes CCPP Director Erik Nisbet and CCPP faculty affiliate Yingdan Lu, who join collaborators across communication,
