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Joseph E. Uscinski

Joseph E. Uscinski

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Political Science

D-Index
34
Citations
6763
World Ranking
833
National Ranking
444

Overview

Joseph E. Uscinski is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and specializes in social sciences, with a substantial body of work focusing on sociology and political science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including artificial intelligence, communication, political science and international relations, and health.

The main topics addressed in Uscinski's research include:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Uscinski has contributed notably to recent academic discourse through several papers, including:

  • "Why do people believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories?" (2020), published in Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
  • "American Politics in Two Dimensions: Partisan and Ideological Identities versus Anti-Establishment Orientations" (2021), published in American Journal of Political Science
  • "Have beliefs in conspiracy theories increased over time?" (2022), published in PLoS ONE

Their work frequently appears in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, and Political Behavior.

Frequent collaborators include Casey Klofstad, Adam Enders, Kamal Premaratne, Manohar N. Murthi, and Michelle I. Seelig, with whom Uscinski has coauthored numerous publications.

In addition to articles, Uscinski has authored books published by Cambridge University Press, such as The Social Science of QAnon (2023).

Best Publications

  • Understanding Conspiracy Theories

    Karen M. Douglas;Joseph E. Uscinski;Robbie M. Sutton;Aleksandra Cichocka

  • American Conspiracy Theories

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Joseph M. Parent

  • What Drives Conspiratorial Beliefs? The Role of Informational Cues and Predispositions

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Casey Klofstad;Matthew D. Atkinson

  • Why do people believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories?

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Adam M. Enders;Casey Klofstad;Michelle Seelig

  • The Epistemology of Fact Checking

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Ryden W. Butler

  • Have beliefs in conspiracy theories increased over time?

    Unknown

  • The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud

    Jack Edelson;Alexander Alduncin;Christopher Krewson;James A. Sieja

  • Climate Change Conspiracy Theories

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Karen Douglas;Stephan Lewandowsky

  • The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences

    Adam M. Enders;Joseph E. Uscinski;Casey Klofstad;Justin Stoler

  • The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation

    Adam M Enders;Joseph E Uscinski;Michelle I Seelig;Casey A Klofstad

  • When does the public's issue agenda affect the media's issue agenda (and vice-versa)? Developing a framework for media-public influence

    Joseph E. Uscinski

  • American Politics in Two Dimensions: Partisan and Ideological Identities versus Anti-Establishment Orientations

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Adam M. Enders;Michelle I. Seelig;Casey A. Klofstad

  • Do conspiracy beliefs form a belief system? Examining the structure and organization of conspiracy beliefs

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  • What’s in a Name? Coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic Primary:

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Lilly J. Goren

  • The psychological and political correlates of conspiracy theory beliefs

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  • The partisan contours of conspiracy theory beliefs

    Steven M. Smallpage;Adam M. Enders;Joseph E. Uscinski

  • Cause and effect: On the antecedents and consequences of conspiracy theory beliefs

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  • What drives people to believe in Zika conspiracy theories

    Casey A. Klofstad;Joseph E. Uscinski;Jennifer M. Connolly;Jonathan P. West

  • The Epistemology of Fact Checking (Is Still Naìve): Rejoinder to Amazeen

    Joseph E. Uscinski

  • Are misinformation, antiscientific claims, and conspiracy theories for political extremists?:

    Adam M. Enders;Joseph E. Uscinski

  • The conditional effect of conspiracy thinking on attitudes toward climate change

    Joseph E. Uscinski;Santiago Olivella

  • The 2020 presidential election and beliefs about fraud: Continuity or change?

    Adam M. Enders;Joseph E. Uscinski;Casey A. Klofstad;Kamal Premaratne

  • Personal Attributes and Latino Voting Behavior in Congress

    Michael S. Rocca;Gabriel R. Sanchez;Joseph Uscinski

  • Who Supports QAnon? A Case Study in Political Extremism

    Adam Enders;Joseph E Uscinski;Casey Klofstad;Stefan Wuchty

  • Prior Experience Predicts Presidential Performance

    Arthur M. Simon;Joseph E. Uscinski

  • Communicating to the Public in the Era of Conspiracy Theory

    Jennifer M. Connolly;Joseph E. Uscinski;Casey A. Klofstad;Jonathan P. West

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan P. West
Jonathan P. West University of Miami
Gabriel R. Sanchez
Gabriel R. Sanchez University of New Mexico
Karen M. Douglas
Karen M. Douglas University of Kent
Stephan Lewandowsky
Stephan Lewandowsky University of Bristol
Robbie M. Sutton
Robbie M. Sutton University of Kent
Matthias Scheutz
Matthias Scheutz Tufts University

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