Amanda Wintersieck, Ph.D.
@alwintersieck
Associate Prof. of Political Science @VCU.
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We asked five Political Science at VCU experts what they'll be watching for as #Election2020 results begin to come in Tuesday night. Amanda Wintersieck, Ph.D. Michael Paarlberg Jason Ross Arnold VCU College of H&S news.vcu.edu/article/What_t…
Article 1 for our February meetup is: "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: How Fact-Checking Influences Citizens’ Reactions to Negative Advertising" by @kim_fridkin, Kenney, & Amanda Wintersieck, Ph.D. (2015). #PolComm #FactCheck 🔓researchgate.net/publication/27… #ScienceReadingClubBelgrade📚
Big congratulations to my brother-in-law, Allan Wintersieck, on the merger of his company Devetry (now DEPT®) with DEPT®! deptagency.com/en-us/story/de…
Arnold, Reckendorf, and Wintersieck find "that source alerts can reduce the likelihood that users will believe and share political messages." Political Science at VCU VCU Alumni Political Science Caucus VCU College of H&S Pi Sigma Alpha of VCU Allie Reckendorf Jason Ross Arnold misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/source…
Source alerts can reduce the harms of disinformation misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/source… by Amanda Wintersieck, Ph.D., et al. via Shorenstein Center "...source alerts can reduce belief in the meme’s claim & mitigate social media users’ tendency to spread the disinformation online & offline..."
Voter turnout increased in Virginia's election, but it rose more for Republicans than Democrats — a sign that McAuliffe’s message “wasn’t sufficient for the Democratic base,” Political Science at VCU profesor Amanda Wintersieck, Ph.D. tells Los Angeles Times. latimes.com/politics/story…
"To lose our democracy but preserve the filibuster in its current form—in which a minority can block popular legislation without even having to hold the floor—would be a short-sighted mistake of historic proportions." - 150+ leading democracy scholars. newamerica.org/political-refo…
Check out my new book chapter in The Politics of Truth in Polarized America! Political Science at VCU VCU Alumni Political Science Caucus Pi Sigma Alpha of VCU
In #FirstView by Amanda Wintersieck, Ph.D. and Alex Keena: "Ask and You Shall Receive: The Effects of Negativity and Fundraising Appeals on Facebook" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…