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Constituents participate in public meetings to influence the policy-making process. But do officials listen equally to engaged citizens in these meetings? Using non-verbal cues as indicators of listening, this study […]
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The local news crisis in the United States has raised concerns about accountability in state and local government. But existing research has provided only indirect evidence that the decline of […]
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For this special issue on democratic listening, we review the quantitative findings of interpersonal listening research. Though such studies were not conducted in a political context, we show how they […]
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Politicians on social media curate the flow of information their followers are exposed to, and they share news as a way to do so. Previous research has shown that they […]
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Internet voting is considered a crucial potential technological innovation, and scholars agree that trust plays a key role for its adoption and use by citizens. But which type of trust […]
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The 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Movement (Anti-ELAB Movement) in Hong Kong has been seen as a successful civil society organizing characterized by its decentralized, leaderless, and networked nature using various social […]
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The ongoing decline of local news not only deprives communities of important information, but also provides an opening for misinformation through so-called pink slime journalism: local media that poses as […]
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This article considers the public communication challenges that health officials in rural America faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. I analyze the role that public health officials played in communicating news […]
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Despite eroding consensus about credible political news sources, much of the public still trusts local media. We assess the emergence, sources, and implications of the trust advantage local news holds […]
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With the steady closure of local newspapers, news consumers increasingly turn to community forums and neighborhood apps to fill the information void. This study investigates how local online groups are […]
