Public Policy & Public Opinion
Public opinion and public policy are intrinsically linked. Public opinion can either constrain or widen options for public policy, while policy discourse simultaneously influences public opinion formation. CCPP research focuses on how mediated policy discourse influences processes of opinion formation across a range policy domains including science, technology, and the environment, public health, and foreign affairs.
Recent Selected Publications
- Padamsee, T., J., Bond, R.M., Dixon, G.N., Hovick, S.R., Na, K., Nisbet, E.C., Wegener, D.T., Garrett, K. (2022). Changes in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black and White Americans. JAMA Network Open 5(1)
- Hale, H. and Kamenchuk, O. (2020). Don’t Call It a Cold War: Findings from the Russian-American Relations Survey 2019. The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations. Harvard University Davis Center
- Guo, T., Nisbet, E.C., Martin, J. (2019). Identifying mechanisms of environmental decision-making: How ideology and geographic proximity influence public support for regulating agricultural runoff to curb harmful algal blooms. Journal of Environmental Management. 241 (1), 264-272
- Newman, T., Nisbet, E.C., and Nisbet, M.C. (2018). Climate Change, Cultural Cognition, and Media Effects: Worldviews Drive News Selectivity, Biased Processing, and Polarized Attitudes. Public Understanding of Science, 27(8), 985-1002
Recent Sponsored Projects:
- Mutual Perceptions of Russians and Americans (Sponsored by Carnegie Corporation/Valdai Club)
- Co-Evolution of Upstream Human Behavior and Downstream Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate (Sponsored by National Science Foundation)