9 research outputs found
Making news in 140 characters: how the new media environment is changing our examination of audiences, journalists, and content
This project answers the following questions: What does political reporting on social media look like? How is political journalistsâ use of social media changing their relationships with sources and fellow political journalists? Triangulating qualitative and quantitative research methods (content analysis, social network analysis, and in-depth interviews) in an examination of Twitter, a social media platform popular among journalists, this project provides insight into how changes in media routines are affecting news content
Policy Feedback and the Politics of the Affordable Care Act
There is a large body of literature devoted to how âpolicies create politicsâ and how feedback effects from existing policy legacies shape potential reforms in a particular area. Although much of this literature focuses on selfâreinforcing feedback effects that increase support for existing policies over time, Kent Weaver and his colleagues have recently drawn our attention to selfâundermining effects that can gradually weaken support for such policies. The following contribution explores both selfâreinforcing and selfâundermining policy feedback in relationship to the Affordable Care Act, the most important healthâcare reform enacted in the United States since the midâ1960s. More specifically, the paper draws on the concept of policy feedback to reflect on the political fate of the ACA since its adoption in 2010. We argue that, due in part to its sheer complexity and fragmentation, the ACA generates both selfâreinforcing and selfâundermining feedback effects that, depending of the aspect of the legislation at hand, can either facilitate or impede conservative retrenchment and restructuring. Simultaneously, through a discussion of partisan effects that shape Republican behavior in Congress, we acknowledge the limits of policy feedback in the explanation of policy stability and change
Americans Experiences With Gun-Related Violence, Injuries, And Deaths
The latest polling from KFF finds a majority (54%) of U.S. adults have either personally or had a family member who has been impacted by a gun-related incident, such as witnessing a shooting, being threatened by gun, or being injured or killed by a gun. When asked about their own personal experience, one in five report that they have been threatened with a gun (21%), while nearly as many (17%) say they have witnessed someone being shot. Small but important shares report experiencing other gun-related incidents, including 4% who have been injured by a gun, and 4% who have shot a gun in self-defense. The share who have shot a gun in self-defense rises to 18% among adults whose current or past job included the use of guns, such as military or law enforcement work.When asked about their family members, about three in ten adults (31%) say they have a family member who has been threatened with a gun, while a similar share (28%) say a family member has witnessed someone being shot. One in five (20%) adults say a family member has been injured by a gun, and 19% say a family member has been killed by a gun, including death by suicide. About half of deaths (55%) in the U.S. involving guns are suicides
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Views on and Knowledge about Abortion in Wake of Leaked Supreme Court Opinion
For decades, KFF polling has provided insights into national and state-level reproductive health care policy including multiple public opinion polls examining the experiences and attitudes of the general public as well as the group most impacted by such policies â women between the ages of 18 and 49. This latest KFF poll was fielded the week following the leak of a draft of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Center. If the final ruling in the case resembles the leaked draft, the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to abortion. This analysis examines the public's attitudes and understanding of the future of reproductive health and abortion access in the U.S. and looks at the role abortion and a decision on Dobbs may play in the upcoming midterm elections this November
Policy feedback and the politics of the Affordable Care Act
There is a large body of literature devoted to how âpolicies create politicsâ and how feedback
effects from existing policy legacies shape potential reforms in a particular area. Although much
of this literature focuses on self-reinforcing feedback effects that increase support for existing
policies over time, Kent Weaver and his colleagues have recently drawn our attention to selfundermining
effects that can gradually weaken support for such policies. The following
contribution explores both self-reinforcing and self-undermining policy feedback in relationship
to the Affordable Care Act, the most important health care reform enacted in the United States
since the mid-1960s. More specifically, the paper draws on the concept of policy feedback to
reflect on the political fate of the ACA since its adoption in 2010. We argue that, due in part to
its sheer complexity and fragmentation, the ACA generates both self-reinforcing and selfundermining
feedback effects that, depending of the aspect of the legislation at hand, can either
facilitate or impede conservative retrenchment and restructuring. Simultaneously, through a
discussion of partisan effects that shape Republican behavior in Congress, we acknowledge the
limits of policy feedback in the explanation of policy stability and change