Electorally Speaking
The Electorally Speaking project, led by Dr. Sharon Jarvis, features a set of studies addressing how people talk about voting in the United States and why it matters. The research has embraced longitudinal, content analytic, experimental, elite interview, and survey methodologies. One key report, supported by Democracy Fund, presents findings on how to talk about threats to the mechanics of elections in ways that don't dampen people's desire to vote.
Tweet Study
Haenschen, K., Albertson, B., & Jarvis, S. E. (2024). Tweet no harm: Offer solutions when alerting the public to voter suppression efforts. Communication and the Public, https://doi.org/10.1177/20570473241270602.
Solutions News Study
Albertson, B., Overgaard, C.S.B., Haenschen, K., & Jarvis, S. E. (2024). Reporting on risk using constructive journalism: The effects of solutions content and source in stories covering threats to American elections. In T. J. Johnson and A. S. Veenstra (Eds)., The press and democratic backsliding: How journalism has failed the public and how it can revive democracy (Chapter 10). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. Doi: 10.5040/9798216431053; https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-detail?docid=b-9798216431053&pdfid=9798216431053.ch10.pdf&tocid=b-9798216431053-chapter10
Related Publications
Jarvis, S. E., & Park-Ozee, D. (2024). The “Big Lie” lurked online: Social media and perceptions of electoral integrity prior to 2020. In D. Schill and J. A. Hendricks (Eds.), Social media politics: Social media discord (Chapter 10). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003409427
Jarvis, S. E. (2022). Talk about voters thoughtfully. In Roderick P. Hart (Ed.), Fixing American politics: Solutions for the media age (Chapter 21). New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003212515
Park-Ozee, D., & Jarvis, S. E. (2020). What does “rigged” mean? Partisan and shared perceptions of threats to elections. American Behavioral Scientist, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764220979777
Jarvis, S. E., & Jennings, J. (2017). Republicans should vote: Partisan conceptions of electoral participation. American Behavioral Scientist, 61(6), 633-644. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764217720481
Jarvis, S. E., & Jennings, J. (2017). Trump supporters versus Republican voters: How frustration with the media separated the GOP in 2016. In D. Schill and J. Hendricks (Eds.), The presidency and social media: Discourse, disruption, and digital democracy in the 2016 Presidential election (pp. 56-71). New York: Routledge.
Awards and Press
Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book Award from the Political Communication Division of the National Communication Association