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Michael X. Delli Carpini

Michael X. Delli Carpini

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
31
Citations
18154
World Ranking
1037
National Ranking
531

Michael X. Delli Carpini publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael X. Delli Carpini sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 99 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Michael X. Delli Carpini D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael X. Delli Carpini sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 31 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael X. Delli Carpini is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their academic work is situated primarily in the field of psychology, with specific focus on social psychology, political science and international relations, and experimental and cognitive psychology. The research addresses topics such as humor studies and applications, language, metaphor and cognition, communication in education and healthcare, political theory and influence, as well as American constitutional law and politics.

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • "Political Humor, Sharing, and Remembering: Insights from Neuroimaging" (2020) in Journal of Communication
  • "Book Review: How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That's Crippling Our Democracy by Thomas E. Patterson" (2020) in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
  • "Review Essay: Making America Great Again? Individualism, Community, and Enlightened Self-Interest in the United States" (2021) in Political Science Quarterly
  • "Remembering Elihu Katz" (2022) in Contemporary Jewry

Frequent collaborators include Jason C. Coronel, Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Prateekshit Pandey, and Emily B. Falk.

Michael X. Delli Carpini's publications are present in a range of academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Communication
  • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
  • Political Science Quarterly
  • Contemporary Jewry

Their work reflects interdisciplinary integration across psychology and political science, with an emphasis on communication processes, cognitive and social aspects of political behavior, and applications of humor in political contexts. This body of work contributes to understanding how cognitive and social mechanisms operate within political communication and public discourse.

Best Publications

  • What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Public deliberation, discursive participation, and citizen engagement: A review of the empirical literature

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Fay Lomax Cook;Lawrence R. Jacobs

  • Gen.com: Youth, Civic Engagement, and the New Information Environment

    Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • Measuring Political Knowledge: Putting First Things First

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • A New Engagement

    Cliff Zukin;Scott Keeter;Molly Andolina;Krista Jenkins

  • Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America

    Lawrence R. Jacobs;Fay Lomax Cook;Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • After Broadcast News: Media Regimes, Democracy, and the New Information Environment

    Bruce Alan Williams;Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • Let Us Infotain You: Politics in the New Media Age

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Bruce A Williams

  • Online versus face-to-face deliberation: Who? Why? What? With what effects?:

    Young Min Baek;Magdalena Wojcieszak;Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • Monica and Bill All the Time and Everywhere: The Collapse of Gatekeeping and Agenda Setting in the New Media Environment

    Bruce A. Williams;Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • Unchained reaction: The collapse of media gatekeeping and the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

    Bruce A. Williams;Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE U.S. PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICS

    Michael X. Delli Carini;Scott Keeter

  • In search of the informed citizen: What Americans know about politics and why it matters

    Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • The Electronic Commonwealth: The Impact of New Media Technologies on Democratic Politics.

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Jeffrey B. Abramson;F. Christopher Arterton;Gary R. Orren

  • Mediating Democratic Engagement: The Impact of CommunicationsonCitizens’ Involvement in Political andCivic Life

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  • Mediated Politics: Let Us Infotain You: Politics in the New Media Environment

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Bruce A. Williams

  • Effects of the News Media Environment on Citizen Knowledge of State Politics and Government

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter;J. David Kennamer

  • Political Decision Making, Deliberation and Participation

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  • The Internet and an Informed Citizenry

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Methods, Metaphors, and Media Research The Uses of Television in Political Conversation

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Bruce A. Williams

  • The Year of the Woman? Candidates, Votes and the 1992 Elections

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Bruce A Williams

  • The Effects of Judicial Campaign Activity on the Legitimacy of Courts: A Survey-Based Experiment

    James L. Gibson;James L. Gibson;Jeffrey A. Gottfried;Michael X. Delli Carpini;Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  • What Should Be Learned through Service Learning

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Deliberative and Participatory Democracy? Ideological Strength and the Processes Leading from Deliberation to Political Engagement

    Magdalena E. Wojcieszak;Young Min Baek;Michael X.Delli Carpini

  • Scooping the Voters? The Consequences of the Networks' Early Call of the 1980 Presidential Race

    Michael X. Delli Carpini

  • Who Deliberates? Discursive Participation in America

    Fay Lomax Cook;Michael X. Delli Carpini;Lawrence R. Jacobs

  • ‘Fictional’ and ‘Non-fictional’ television celebrates earth day: Or, politics is comedy plus pretense

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Bruce A. Williams

  • The Method Is the Message: Focus Groups as a Method of Social, Psychological, and Political Inquiry

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Bruce Williams

  • The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Keeter
Scott Keeter Pew Research Center
Fay Lomax Cook
Fay Lomax Cook Northwestern University
Lawrence R. Jacobs
Lawrence R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Joseph Turow
Joseph Turow University of Pennsylvania
Magdalena Wojcieszak
Magdalena Wojcieszak University of California, Davis
Michael Hennessy
Michael Hennessy University of Delaware
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Kathleen Hall Jamieson University of Pennsylvania
James L. Gibson
James L. Gibson Washington University in St. Louis
Jens Grossklags
Jens Grossklags Technical University of Munich
Robert Y. Shapiro
Robert Y. Shapiro Columbia University

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