Annenberg Public Policy Center postdoctoral fellows will be presenting research in Washington, D.C., this week at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA).
![Ozan Kuru](https://cdn.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ozan-Kuru_v2_sq-250x250.jpg)
At the 2019 APSA meeting preconference panels on August 28:
- Misinformation and Propaganda Around the Globe: Ozan Kuru will present “Understanding Informational Processing in WhatsApp Groups: A Comparative Study of User Perceptions and Practices in Turkey, Singapore, and the USA.”
- Institutions and Behavior in Troubled Times: Dominik Stecula will present: “Party Cues in the News: Elite Opinion Leadership and American Attitudes Towards Climate Change.”
In addition, current and recent APPC postdocs are taking part in these sessions:
- Structure and Change in Strategic Communication Networks (Aug. 29): Former postdoc Yotam Ophir, at the University of Buffalo, will present “Framing Senate Candidates in US Elections Coverage: A Topic-Network Approach,” co-authored by Dror Walter of Georgia State University.
- Emerging Issues in the Politics of Public Health (Aug. 29): Former postdoc Matthew P. Motta, of Oklahoma State University, will present his co-authored “Identifying Strategies to Correct Misinformation about the MMR Vaccine.”
Dominik Stecula - The Dynamics of Climate Policy Support in the US (Aug. 30): Motta will present “Opinion Dynamics & Policy Consequences of Concern About Climate Change Effects” and Stecula is a discussant.
- Fake News, Real Consequences (Aug. 30): Ophir, chair.
- Media Effects (Aug. 31): Ophir will present “Disentangling Debate and Media Effects in the 2016 Elections,” co-authored by Walter and APPC Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson.
- Elites in the News, Aug. 31: Stecula will present “News Consumption Patterns of Political Elites in the U.S.”
- Truth and/or Consequences, Sept. 1: Stecula, chair.