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📢 New Article! Why do people avoid political talk in post-NSL Hong Kong? This study finds perceived social risk drives avoidance—especially among those high in secondary control. 📖 bit.ly/4joEOjO ✍️ Tse, Chun Hong; Lee, Francis 🔗 Tom Tse

📢 New article alert! "Mutually Reinforcing or Excluding?" Wonneberger, Azrout, Sun & Jonkman explore how people perceive the balance between economic growth and environmental protection—and how this shapes attitudes and media use. bit.ly/3Z7bkir UvA CS CorpCom

📢 New article alert! "Chief Executive and Cabinet Member Approval in Hong Kong" Wang & Yang use rolling-window Granger causality to reveal a bilateral relationship between public support for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive and key cabinet members: bit.ly/3S7oub7

📢 New article alert! "Overcoming the Trade-Off Effect" Salvarani, Zavalloni, Viganò & Bordignon explore how concerns like natural disasters, parenting, and political orientation shape green voting—despite economic-environment trade-offs. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4mybFEW

📢 New article alert! "The Direction and Meaning of Left-Right in Postcommunist Societies" Dassonneville & McAllister show that citizens in postcommunist countries are less likely to identify on the left-right spectrum: bit.ly/4kq4Cg2

"The Impact of Increased Learning Opportunities on Political Knowledge" Samforsk, Åbo Akademi Lauri Rapeli examines how easier access to political content online has (or hasn’t) boosted political knowledge—using surveys from Finland (2008 & 2020). 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4jwONmp

"Personality Traits and Transitional Justice Attitudes" ⚖️ Wei-Ting Tsai & Ching-Hsing Wang (Ching-Hsing Wang) show that in Taiwan, individuals high in openness to experience are more supportive of transitional justice measures. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4kUa4re

"Self-Reporting News Use in Situ and in Retrospect" 🕒 Shalev, Naab & Tsfati reveal that people tend to underreport TV and overreport social media news exposure when recalling their media use. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3SLZE0L

"Trust in Election Polls" 🗳️📊 Ádám Stefkovics Ádám Stefkovics & Dömötör Gere explore how trust in polls depends on the source institution and perceived realism. In Hungary, accurate results lead to higher trust. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4kYmi1Q

"Political Trust and Electoral Behavior Among 16- and 17-Year-Old First-Time Voters in Belgium"🗳️🇧🇪 Stals Linde Stals, Stiers & Kern explore how trust in specific political institutions shapes the voting behavior of young first-time voters. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4jZbBex

"Pandemic, Governors, and Public Opinion" 🦠🏛️ Safarpour & Baum examine how COVID-19 cases and deaths shaped public support for U.S. governors—drawing parallels with opinion dynamics during wartime. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3FZSvXX

"Ambiguity in the Campaign, and in Office" 🗳️💬 Lefevere & Verwee explore how voters respond to parties’ ambiguous policy statements—and how support shifts once those parties take clear positions in office. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4jXHwfq

"Silence Across the Ocean?" 🌊💬 Huang, Dong & Gong examine how the Spiral of Silence plays out online in China and the U.S. during the Fukushima wastewater debate—highlighting the role of expert and SNS contact congruence in shaping opinion expression: bit.ly/4kQOKmH

"The Ripple Effects of Time Inequality on Autonomy and Social Trust" ⏳🤝 Han Seungwoo Han, PhD & Lee-Geiller show how long work hours reduce perceived autonomy and, in turn, erode social trust across South Korea and other OECD democracies. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4n9NKf0

"Online Surveys in Nondemocratic Contexts: Evidence from Russia" 📱🗳️ Korsunava & Sokolov compare how online and face-to-face surveys perform under a non-democratic regime, offering insights from the Russian context. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3FYZOzd

"Survey Nonresponse After Elections" 🗳️📉 Müller Klara Müller investigates whether election outcomes affect survey participation. Findings show little impact—except among those with negative views of democracy. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3TyoYHR

"Survey Enthusiast or Obligated Responder?" 📋🧑‍🤝‍🧑 ZuWallack, Boyle, Dayton, Iachan & Jans segment the public based on attitudes toward government surveys—linking these segments to civic behaviors like voting, volunteering, and survey participation: bit.ly/4k2t8Tk

"Chinese Netizens’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Carbon Neutrality" 🌱💬 Xu, Qu, Kim & Guo analyze 8,000+ Weibo posts to explore how Chinese netizens perceive carbon neutrality—revealing it as a still-controversial topic. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/40gfa9e

"Divisive Discourse" 🌍🗞️ Yat To Yeung @boscoyeungyt investigates how ethnic origin identity and ethnic news shape misinformation and foreign policy attitudes. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3ZSInXM

"Public Support for Government and Leaders during the COVID-19 Crisis" 🦠🏛️ Shin & Park examine how COVID-19 anxiety and crisis management shaped trust and executive approval in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4kvM6Cc