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Overview

John Sides is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed to the field of social sciences through a focus on communication, sociology and political science, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, and gender studies. Their research spans multiple subfields and addresses several complex topics.

The main topics of John Sides' work include:

  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Media Studies and Communication

John Sides has published recent papers that reflect these themes, including:

  • The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections (2021), published in the American Political Science Review
  • The Politics of COVID-19: Partisan Polarization about the Pandemic Has Increased, but Support for Health Care Reform Hasn't Moved at All (2020), published in the Harvard Data Science Review
  • Replication Data for: The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections (2021), published in Harvard Dataverse
  • Changing Their Minds? Donald Trump and Presidential Leadership. By George C. Edwards III. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021. 376 pp. (2021), published in the Presidential Studies Quarterly
  • CONTENTS (2023), published in Princeton University Press eBooks

John Sides has frequently collaborated with members of the academic community. Co-authors with notable counts include:

  • Lynn Vavreck (22 joint publications)
  • Chris Tausanovitch (19 joint publications)
  • Christopher Warshaw (2 joint publications)
  • Michael Tesler (1 joint publication)
  • Melissa Schwartzberg (1 joint publication)

Publication venues for John Sides demonstrate a broad engagement with both political science journals and data repositories. Frequent venues include:

  • Harvard Dataverse (4 publications)
  • Princeton University Press eBooks (2 publications)
  • American Political Science Review (1 publication)
  • Harvard Data Science Review (1 publication)
  • Presidential Studies Quarterly (1 publication)

In addition to journal articles, John Sides has contributed to book publications primarily with Princeton University Press. Titles include multiple editions of The Bitter End published in 2022 and 2023, reflecting continued scholarly contributions in book form within the social sciences.

Best Publications

  • European Opinion About Immigration: The Role of Identities, Interests and Information

    John Sides;Jack Citrin

  • Self-Segregation or Deliberation? Blog Readership, Participation, and Polarization in American Politics

    Eric Lawrence;John Sides;Henry Farrell

  • Immigration and the Imagined Community in Europe and the United States

    Jack Citrin;John Sides

  • The Origins of Campaign Agendas

    John Sides

  • Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America

    John Sides;Michael Tesler;Lynn Vavreck

  • Stereotypes of Muslims and Support for the War on Terror

    John Sides;Kimberly Gross

  • What if Everyone Voted? Simulating the Impact of Increased Turnout in Senate Elections

    Jack Citrin;Eric Schickler;John Sides

  • The Muted Consequences of Correct Information about Immigration

    Daniel J. Hopkins;John Sides;Jack Citrin

  • Can Institutions Build Unity in Multiethnic States

    Zachary S Elkins;John Sides

  • One Vote out of Step? The Effects of Salient Roll Call Votes in the 2010 Election

    Brendan Nyhan;Eric McGhee;John Sides;Seth Masket

  • The 2016 U.S. Election: How Trump Lost and Won

    John Sides;Michael Tesler;Lynn Vavreck

  • The consequences of political innumeracy

    Eric D Lawrence;John Sides

  • Watching From Afar : Media Consumption Patterns Around the Arab Spring

    Sean Aday;Henry Farrell;Deen Freelon;Marc Lynch

  • The Consequences of Campaign Agendas

    John Sides

  • How Large the Huddled Masses? The Causes and Consequences of Public Misperceptions about Immigrant Populations

    John Sides;Jack Citrin

  • The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election

    John Sides;Lynn Vavreck

  • What Voters Want From Political Campaign Communication

    Keena Lipsitz;Christine Trost;Matthew Grossmann;John Sides

  • Political polarization in American politics

    Daniel J. Hopkins;John Sides

  • Can Europe Exist Without Europeans? Problems of Identity in a Multinational Community

    Jack Citrin;John Sides

  • Stories or Science? Facts, Frames, and Policy Attitudes

    John Sides

  • On the Representativeness of Primary Electorates

    John Sides;Chris Tausanovitch;Lynn Vavreck;Christopher Warshaw

  • The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns

    John Sides

  • The Muted Consequences of Correct Information About Immigration

    Daniel J. Hopkins;John Sides;Jack Citrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Citrin
Jack Citrin University of California, Berkeley
Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell Johns Hopkins University
Eric Schickler
Eric Schickler University of California, Berkeley
Daron R. Shaw
Daron R. Shaw The University of Texas at Austin
Zachary Elkins
Zachary Elkins The University of Texas at Austin
Brendan Nyhan
Brendan Nyhan Dartmouth College
Daniel J. Hopkins
Daniel J. Hopkins University of Pennsylvania
Seth E. Masket
Seth E. Masket University of Denver
Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Michael S. Lewis-Beck University of Iowa
Donald P. Green
Donald P. Green Columbia University

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