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Organized Section 23: Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award

Political Communication Section Award Recipients

Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
The Paul Lazarsfeld Award recognizes the best paper on political communication presented at the previous year’s APSA annual meeting.


2016  Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University
Citizen Engagement (and Disengagement) in Response to Social Ills.” 
2016  Adam Seth Levine, Cornell University
Citizen Engagement (and Disengagement) in Response to Social Ills.” 
2015  Joanne M. Miller, University of Minnesota
“Conspiracy Endorsement as Motivated Reasoning: The Roles of Political Knowledge and Trust” 
2015  Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University
“Conspiracy Endorsement as Motivated Reasoning: The Roles of Political Knowledge and Trust” 
2015  Christina Farhart, University of Minnesota
“Conspiracy Endorsement as Motivated Reasoning: The Roles of Political Knowledge and Trust” 
2014 Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University
“Gender Inequality in Deliberation: Unpacking the Black Box of Interaction”
2014 Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University
“Gender Inequality in Deliberation: Unpacking the Black Box of Interaction”
2014 John Oliphant, Princeton University
“Gender Inequality in Deliberation: Unpacking the Black Box of Interaction”
2013 James Druckman, Northwestern University
“How Elite Partisan Polarization Affects Public Opinion Formation”
2013 Erik Peterson, Oregon Institute of Technology
“How Elite Partisan Polarization Affects Public Opinion Formation”
2013 Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University
“How Elite Partisan Polarization Affects Public Opinion Formation”
2012 Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University
“Do Women Deliberate with a Distinctive Voice? How Decision Rules and Group Gender Composition Affect the Content of Deliberation”
2012 Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University
“Do Women Deliberate with a Distinctive Voice? How Decision Rules and Group Gender Composition Affect the Content of Deliberation”
2011 Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University
“Does Media Fragmentation Produce Mass Polarization? Selective Exposure and a New Era of Minimal Effects
2011 Martin Johnson, University of California, Riverside
“Does Media Fragmentation Produce Mass Polarization? Selective Exposure and a New Era of Minimal Effects”
2010 Jamie Druckman,
“Timeless Strategy Meets New Medium: Going Negative on Congressional Campaign Websites, 2002-2006.”
2010  Martin Kifer 
“Timeless Strategy Meets New Medium: Going Negative on Congressional Campaign Websites, 2002-2006.”
2010 Michael Parkin  
“Timeless Strategy Meets New Medium: Going Negative on Congressional Campaign Websites, 2002-2006.”
2009 Scott Althaus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Uplifting Manhood to Wonderful Heights: Newspaper Framing of Casualties from World War One to Gulf War Two”
2009 Christopher Tiwald, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Uplifting Manhood to Wonderful Heights: Newspaper Framing Casulties from World War One to Gulf War Two”
2009 Svitlana Chernykh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Uplifting Manhood to Wonderful Heights: Newspaper Framing Casulaties from World War One to Gulf War Two”
2009 David Hendry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Uplifting Manhood to Wonderful Heights: Newspaper Framing of Casualties from World War One to Gulf War Two”
2009 Sergio Wals, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Uplifting Ma