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Overview

Costas Panagopoulos is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, with a primary focus on political science and related interdisciplinary fields. Their research encompasses 57 publications within social sciences, including 19 specifically in political science and international relations, and 18 in sociology and political science.

Panagopoulos's work explores several subfields and topics, including:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Health
  • Economics and Econometrics

The main areas of research covered include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Media Influence and Politics

Among the recent papers, several identify important dimensions of political behavior and polarization, including:

  • "Political polarization on COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States" (2021) published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "The Paranoid Style in American Politics Revisited: An Ideological Asymmetry in Conspiratorial Thinking" (2020) published in Political Psychology
  • "You are fake news: political bias in perceptions of fake news" (2020) published in Media Culture & Society
  • "Opposing views: associations of political polarization, political party affiliation, and social trust with COVID-19 vaccination intent and receipt" (2021) published in Journal of Public Health
  • "Is divisive politics making Americans sick? Associations of perceived partisan polarization with physical and mental health outcomes among adults in the United States" (2021) published in Social Science & Medicine

Panagopoulos has collaborated frequently with several scholars, including:

  • Donald P. Green
  • Timothy Fraser
  • Jonathan S. Krasno
  • Dane Thorley
  • Michael Schwam-Baird

In terms of publication venues, the scientist has contributed predominantly to:

  • Harvard Dataverse (14 publications)
  • Political Research Quarterly (3 publications)
  • Journal of Political Marketing (2 publications)
  • Presidential Studies Quarterly (2 publications)
  • PS Political Science & Politics (2 publications)

Panagopoulos has also published books, including the title Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington (2020), which is part of the CQ Press eBooks collection and has accumulated citations in academic contexts.

Best Publications

  • Political polarization on COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States

    John Kerr;Costas Panagopoulos;Sander van der Linden

  • The Polls-Trends Arab and Muslim Americans and Islam in the aftermath of 9/11

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Affect, Social Pressure and Prosocial Motivation: Field Experimental Evidence of the Mobilizing Effects of Pride, Shame and Publicizing Voting Behavior

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • The Paranoid Style in American Politics Revisited: An Ideological Asymmetry in Conspiratorial Thinking

    Sander van der Linden;Costas Panagopoulos;Flávio Azevedo;Flávio Azevedo;Flávio Azevedo;John T. Jost

  • Ideological asymmetries in conformity, desire for shared reality, and the spread of misinformation.

    John T Jost;Sander van der Linden;Costas Panagopoulos;Curtis D Hardin

  • You are fake news: political bias in perceptions of fake news:

    Sander van der Linden;Costas Panagopoulos;John Roozenbeek

  • Reasoning about interference between units: A general framework

    Jake Bowers;Mark M. Fredrickson;Costas Panagopoulos

  • Grassroots Mobilization and Voter Turnout in 2004

    Daniel E. Bergan;Alan S. Gerber;Donald P. Green;Costas Panagopoulos

  • Big Five Personality Traits and Responses to Persuasive Appeals: Results from Voter Turnout Experiments

    Alan S. Gerber;Gregory A. Huber;David Doherty;Conor M. Dowling

  • Thank You for Voting: Gratitude Expression and Voter Mobilization

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Field Experiments Testing the Impact of Radio Advertisements on Electoral Competition

    Costas Panagopoulos;Donald P. Green

  • The Enduring Effects of Social Pressure: Tracking Campaign Experiments Over a Series of Elections

    Tiffany C. Davenport;Alan S. Gerber;Donald P. Green;Christopher W. Larimer

  • The Calculus of Voting in Compulsory Voting Systems

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Does Language Matter? The Impact of Spanish Versus English-Language GOTV Efforts on Latino Turnout:

    Marisa Abrajano;Costas Panagopoulos

  • Likely (and Unlikely) Voters and the Assessment of Campaign Dynamics

    Robert S. Erikson;Costas Panagopoulos;Christopher Wlezien

  • Spanish-Language Radio Advertisements and Latino Voter Turnout in the 2006 Congressional Elections Field Experimental Evidence

    Costas Panagopoulos;Donald P. Green

  • I've Got My Eyes on You: Implicit Social-Pressure Cues and Prosocial Behavior

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Positive Social Pressure and Prosocial Motivation: Evidence from a Large‐Scale Field Experiment on Voter Mobilization

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Politicking Online: The Transformation of Election Campaign Communications

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Social Pressure, Descriptive Norms, and Voter Mobilization

    Costas Panagopoulos;Christopher W. Larimer;Meghan Condon

  • Extrinsic Rewards, Intrinsic Motivation and Voting

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Timing Is Everything? Primacy and Recency Effects in Voter Mobilization Campaigns

    Costas Panagopoulos

  • Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington

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Frequent Co-Authors

Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden University of Cambridge
Donald P. Green
Donald P. Green Columbia University
Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber Yale University
John T. Jost
John T. Jost New York University
Daniel P. Aldrich
Daniel P. Aldrich Northeastern University
Robert Y. Shapiro
Robert Y. Shapiro Columbia University
Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin
Robert S. Erikson
Robert S. Erikson Columbia University
Daniel Kim
Daniel Kim Northeastern University
Robert M. Stein
Robert M. Stein Rice University

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