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Overview

Michael W. Traugott is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Communication, General Social Sciences, Sociology and Political Science, Health, and Artificial Intelligence. This diverse range of interests positions them at the intersection of social behavior and technological analysis.

Their work engages deeply with topics such as Computational and Text Analysis Methods, Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection, and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence.

Traugott has contributed to several recent papers, illustrating their engagement in current and relevant issues across social sciences and health. These publications include:

  • "When Pundits Weigh In: Do Expert and Partisan Critiques in News Reports Shape Ordinary Individuals' Interpretations of Polls?" (2020) published in Mass Communication & Society
  • "Understanding the rationales and information environments for early, late, and nonadopters of the COVID-19 vaccine" (2024) published in npj Vaccines
  • "Time-Varying Relationships Between the "Sentiment" of U.S. Public Opinion and News Media" (2025) published in International Journal of Public Opinion Research

In addition to journal articles, Traugott has authored a book titled Voter's Guide to Election Polls released in 2023 by Rowman & Littlefield.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Josh Pasek
  • Ozan Kuru
  • Lisa Singh
  • Le Bao
  • Christian Bode

The identified frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Mass Communication & Society
  • npj Vaccines
  • International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Best Publications

  • Web Survey Design and Administration

    Mick P. Couper;Michael W. Traugott;Mark J. Lamias

  • Response Validity in Surveysof Voting Behavior

    Michael W. Traugott;John P. Katosh

  • Reducing vote overreporting in surveys : Social desirability, memory failure, and source monitoring

    Robert F. Belli;Michael W. Traugott;Margaret Young;Katherine A. McGonagle

  • Who Votes by Mail?: A Dynamic Model of the Individual-Level Consequences of Voting-by-Mail Systems

    Adam J. Berinsky;Nancy Burns;Michael W. Traugott

  • The Consequences of Validated and Self-Reported Voting Measures

    John P. Katosh;Michael W. Traugott

  • Campaigning for Congress

    Edie N. Goldenberg;Michael W. Traugott

  • What Leads to Voting Overreports? Contrasts of Overreporters to Validated Voters and Admitted Nonvoters in the American National Election Studies

    R. F. Belli;M. W. Traugott;M. N. Beckmann

  • The SAGE Handbook of Public Opinion Research

    Wolfgang Donsbach;Michael W. Traugott

  • LITTLE WHITE LIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE MODELS CORRELATED RESPONSE ERRORS IN A PANEL STUDY OF VOTING

    Stanley Presser;Michael Traugott

  • Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot

    Paul S. Herrnson;Richard G. Niemi;Michael J. Hanmer;Benjamin B. Bederson

  • USING DUAL FRAME DESIGNS TO REDUCE NONRESPONSE IN TELEPHONE SURVEYS

    Michael W. Traugott;Robert M. Groves;James M. Lepkowski

  • A Review and Proposal for a New Measure of Poll Accuracy

    Elizabeth A. Martin;Michael W. Traugott;Courtney Kennedy

  • The Accuracy of the National Preelection Polls in the 2004 Presidential Election

    Michael W. Traugott

  • THE POLLS—A REVIEW: EXIT POLLS IN THE 1989 VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE: WHERE DID THEY GO WRONG?

    Michael W. Traugott;Vincent Price

  • How Americans Responded: A Study of Public Reactions to 9/11/01

    Michael Traugott;Ted Brader;Deborah Coral;Richard Curtin

  • The Voter's Guide to Election Polls

    Michael W. Traugott;Paul J. Lavrakas

  • Assessing the Accuracy of Polls and Surveys

    Philip E. Converse;Michael W. Traugott

  • The Impact of Voting by Mail on Voter Behavior

    Michael J. Hanmer;Michael W. Traugott

  • Group Cues and Ideological Constraint: A Replication of Political Advertising Effects Studies in the Lab and in the Field

    Nicholas A. Valentino;Michael W. Traugott;Vincent L. Hutchings

  • Motivated reasoning in the perceived credibility of public opinion polls

    Ozan Kuru;Josh Pasek;Michael W. Traugott

  • The Genesis of the Birther Rumor: Partisanship, Racial Attitudes, and Political Knowledge

    Ashley Jardina;Michael Traugott

  • Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President—What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know

    Michael Traugott

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Herrnson
Paul S. Herrnson University of Connecticut
Benjamin B. Bederson
Benjamin B. Bederson University of Maryland, College Park
Richard G. Niemi
Richard G. Niemi University of Rochester
Frederick G. Conrad
Frederick G. Conrad University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin
Mark Tessler
Mark Tessler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert M. Groves
Robert M. Groves University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Allyson Holbrook
Allyson Holbrook University of Newcastle Australia
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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