Comparing Contemporaneous Laboratory and Field Experiments on Media Effects

Journal Article Comparing Contemporaneous Laboratory and Field Experiments on Media Effects Get access Jennifer Jerit, Jennifer Jerit * Jennifer Jerit and Jason Barabas are Associate Professors of Political Science at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. Scott Clifford is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Florida State University and a pre-doctoral fellow at Duke University's Social Science Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA. The authors thank Kevin Arceneaux, Charles Barrilleaux, Adam Berinsky, Bob Crew, Don Green, Bob Jackson, Cindy Kam, Jim Kuklinski, Rick Lau, Cherie Maestas, Becky Morton, Spencer Piston, Evan Parker-Stephen, Mary Stutzman, Carlisle Rainey, David Redlawsk, John Ryan, Gaurav Sood, and the editors for helpful comments and suggestions. They also thank the staff of the Tallahassee Democrat, including the general circulation manager, Richard Kay, and the business systems manager, Mike Hoke. Previous versions of this paper were presented at the Vanderbilt University Conference on Laboratory Experiments, the New York Area Political Psychology Meeting, the Department of Political Science at Florida State University, and the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association and the International Society of Political Psychology. This work was supported by Florida State University's Council on Research and Creativity Project 023839 to J. J. (lead PI). *Address correspondence to Jennifer Jerit, Department of Political Science, Social and Behaviorial Sciences Building, 7th Floor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4392, USA; e-mail: jennifer.jerit@stonybrook.edu. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jason Barabas, Jason Barabas Jennifer Jerit and Jason Barabas are Associate Professors of Political Science at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. Scott Clifford is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Florida State University and a pre-doctoral fellow at Duke University's Social Science Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA. The authors thank Kevin Arceneaux, Charles Barrilleaux, Adam Berinsky, Bob Crew, Don Green, Bob Jackson, Cindy Kam, Jim Kuklinski, Rick Lau, Cherie Maestas, Becky Morton, Spencer Piston, Evan Parker-Stephen, Mary Stutzman, Carlisle Rainey, David Redlawsk, John Ryan, Gaurav Sood, and the editors for helpful comments and suggestions. They also thank the staff of the Tallahassee Democrat, including the general circulation manager, Richard Kay, and the business systems manager, Mike Hoke. Previous versions of this paper were presented at the Vanderbilt University Conference on Laboratory Experiments, the New York Area Political Psychology Meeting, the Department of Political Science at Florida State University, and the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association and the International Society of Political Psychology. This work was supported by Florida State University's Council on Research and Creativity Project 023839 to J. J. (lead PI). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Scott Clifford Scott Clifford Jennifer Jerit and Jason Barabas are Associate Professors of Political Science at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. Scott Clifford is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Florida State University and a pre-doctoral fellow at Duke University's Social Science Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA. The authors thank Kevin Arceneaux, Charles Barrilleaux, Adam Berinsky, Bob Crew, Don Green, Bob Jackson, Cindy Kam, Jim Kuklinski, Rick Lau, Cherie Maestas, Becky Morton, Spencer Piston, Evan Parker-Stephen, Mary Stutzman, Carlisle Rainey, David Redlawsk, John Ryan, Gaurav Sood, and the editors for helpful comments and suggestions. They also thank the staff of the Tallahassee Democrat, including the general circulation manager, Richard Kay, and the business systems manager, Mike Hoke. Previous versions of this paper were presented at the Vanderbilt University Conference on Laboratory Experiments, the New York Area Political Psychology Meeting, the Department of Political Science at Florida State University, and the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association and the International Society of Political Psychology. This work was supported by Florida State University's Council on Research and Creativity Project 023839 to J. J. (lead PI). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 77, Issue 1, Spring 2013, Pages 256–282, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nft005 Published: 11 April 2013