Debating the truth: The impact of fact-checking during electoral debates

AL Wintersieck - American politics research, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
How does fact-checking influence individuals' attitudes and evaluations of political
candidates? Fact-checking plays an increasingly important role in US elections, yet we know …

Attacks without consequence? Candidates, parties, groups, and the changing face of negative advertising

CM Dowling, A Wichowsky - American Journal of Political …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Prior work finds that voters punish candidates for sponsoring attack ads. What remains
unknown is the extent to which a negative ad is more effective if it is sponsored by a party or …

Sponsorship, disclosure, and donors: Limiting the impact of outside group ads

TN Ridout, MM Franz… - Political Research …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This research examines how an attack ad's sponsorship conditions its effectiveness. We use
data from a survey experiment that exposed participants to a fictional campaign ad …

Does it matter who's behind the curtain? Anonymity in political advertising and the effects of campaign finance disclosure

CM Dowling, A Wichowsky - American Politics Research, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the Supreme Court's acceptance of disclosure requirements, some donors have
been able to remain anonymous through a combination of regulatory gaps, complicated …

Source alerts can reduce the harms of foreign disinformation

JR Arnold, A Reckendorf… - Harvard Kennedy …, 2021 - misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
Implications Research on technological solutions to combat mis-and disinformation on
social media platforms tends to focus on content-based warnings attached to messages that …

Disclosure's last stand? The Need to clarify the “informational interest” advanced by campaign finance disclosure

L Jiang - Columbia Law Review, 2019 - JSTOR
Disclosure enjoys a unique position within the spectrum of campaign finance regulation. It is
the only regulation that courts have looked upon with consistent approval. Since Buckley v …

Loose cannons or loyal foot soldiers? Toward a more complex theory of interest group advertising strategies

MM Franz, EF Fowler, TN Ridout - American Journal of Political …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent court decisions have encouraged new types of interest groups to become involved in
election campaigns. Yet questions remain about whether interest group sponsorship of …

The role of dark money disclosure on candidate evaluations and viability

SC Rhodes, MM Franz, EF Fowler… - Election Law Journal …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Abstract The post-Citizens United election environment has allowed more actors with deep
pockets to sponsor political advertising, exposing many voters to a barrage of ads from a …

Understanding the communicative strategies used in online political advertising and how the public views them

K Dommett, SA Mensah, J Zhu… - The British Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Concerns about online political advertising often focus on the techniques used to engage
the intended audience. This article assesses the communicative strategies used in online …

Political advertising in 2014: The year of the outside group

EF Fowler, TN Ridout - The Forum, 2014 - degruyter.com
The volume of televised political advertising plateaued in 2014, as did levels of negativity.
Yet the most interesting story about this advertising was the extensive involvement of outside …