Political Communication Section Award Recipients
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Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award
David Swanson Career Achievement Award
Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award
Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award
Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
Tom E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award
Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award
Timothy Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award
The Cook Award recognizes the best paper on political communication presented by a graduate student at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
| 2024 | Eddy S.F. Yeung, Emory University “The Logic of Provocative Propaganda in the Shadow of Democratic Uprisings.” APSA 2023 Annual Meeting. |
| 2023 | Rachel Smilan-Goldstein, University of Virginia |
| 2022 | Nina Obermeier, Cornell University “Right-Wing Populism and the Rise of Internationalism in Europe,” APSA conference 2021. |
| 2021 | Erin Rossiter, Washington University “The Consequences of Interparty Conversation on Outparty Affect and Stereotypes.” |
| 2020 | Marc Trussler, Washington University in St. Louis “Look Up at That Mansion on the Hill: Does Mass Media Activate the Politics of Resentment?” APSA paper, 2019. |
| 2020 | Michael Shepherd, Vanderbilt University “Look Up at That Mansion on the Hill: Does Mass Media Activate the Politics of Resentment?” APSA paper, 2019. |
| 2019 | Taylor N. Carlson, University of California, San Diego |
| 2018 | Marc Trussler, Vanderbilt University “The Effects of High Information Environments on Local Accountability in the US House of Representatives.” |
| 2018 | Kevin Munger, New York University “Experimentally Reducing Partisan Incivility on Twitter.” |
| 2017 | Fabian Neuner, University of Michigan “From a ‘Central Organizing Idea’ in a Frame to a ‘Central Organizing Idea’ in the Brain: The Psychology of Framing Effects Revisited.” |
| 2016 | Nick Anspach, Temple University “The Inadvertent Audience: How Online Peer Influence Mitigates Selective Exposure.” |
| 2015 | Matthew N. Tokeshi, Princeton University “Countering Implicit Appeals: Which Strategies Work?” |
| 2014 | Brian Weeks, Ohio State University “Feeling is Believing: The Influence of Emotions on Citizens' False Political Beliefs” |
| 2013 | Brian Harrison, PhD Northwestern University “Bully Partisan or Partisan Bully? Partisanship, Elite Polarization, and U.S. Presidential Communication” |
| 2012 | Thomas Leeper, Northwestern University Learning More from Political Communication Experiments: The Importance of Pretreatment Effects |
| 2012 | James Druckman, Northwestern University Learning More from Political Communication Experiments: The Importance of Pretreatment Effects |
| 2011 | Sarah Esralew, Ohio State University “The Influence of Parodies on Mental Models: Exploring the Tina Fey-Sarah Palin Phenomenon” |
| 2011 | Dannagal Young, University of Delaware “The Influence of Parodies on Mental Models: Exploring the Tina Fey-Sarah Palin Phenomenon” |
| 2010 | Dino Christenson, Ohio State University Learning from Campaigns: Political Information and Context in Presidential Elections |
| 2009 | Blake Andrew, McGill University “Making Broadcast News Headlines: Heuristiv Signals in Television and Public Radio Campaign Coverage” |
| 2008 | “Exploring the Role of Discrete Emotions in Political Campaigns” |
| 2007 | Daniela Stockmann, Leiden University The New Chinese Media and Public Opinion: Adaptation of a Propaganda Machine or Instrument for Political Change? |
| 2006 | Michael Parkin, University of Minnesota “Engaging with Late Night Comedy's Serious Message: How Late Night Candidate Apperances Affect Young People's Political Decisions” |
David Swanson Career Achievement Award
The David Swanson Career Achievement Award recognizes distinguished and sustained contributions to the field as planners, editors, and leaders and in roles that require time and energy, innovation, and personal dedication. The award honors David Swanson, one of the founders of Political Communication who gave exemplary service to the ICA Political Communication Division and the APSA Political Communication Section. In his memory, the ICA division presents the award every other year. The joint award committee includes representatives of the ICA division and APSA section. The ICA division chair appoints members with the advice of the APSA chair, and the committee receives nominations and generates additional candidates, deliberates on the pool of potential awardees, and makes a selection. The winner receives the award plaque at the annual business meeting of the ICA Political Communication Division. The award is given in even-numbered years.
| 2022 | Yariv Tsfati, University of Haifa |
| 2018 | Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam |
| 2016 | Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University |
| 2014 | Patricia Moy, University of Washington |
| 2012 | David Paletz, Duke University |
| 2010 | Doris Graber, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2008 | Wolfgang Donsbach, Technical University of Dresden |
| 2006 | Ann Crigler, University of Southern California |
Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award
The Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award recognizes a lifetime contribution to the study of Political Communication. The award is now given only in odd-numbered years.
| 2023 | Robert Huckfeldt (Emeritus); University of California, Davis |
| 2022 | Yariv Tsfati, University of Haifa |
| 2021 | Pippa Norris, Harvard University |
| 2019 | Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia |
| 2019 | Ann Crigler, University of Southern California |
| 2017 | Gadi Wolfsted, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2015 | John Zaller, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2013 | Denis McQuail, University of Amsterdam |
| 2011 | Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2009 | Daniel Hallin, University of California, San Diego |
| 2008 | Michael X. Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2007 | Marion Just, Wellsley College |
| 2007 | W. Neuman, University of Michigan |
| 2006 | Robert Entman, George Washington University |
| 2005 | Jay Blumler, University of Leeds |
| 2005 | Michael Gurevitch, University of Maryland |
| 2004 | Michael Schudson, Columbia University |
| 2003 | W. Bennett, University of Washington |
| 2002 | Thomas Patterson, Harvard University |
| 2001 | Steven Chaffee, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 2001 | Jack McLeod, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 2000 | Roderick Hart, University of Texas |
| 1999 | Bernard Cohen, University of Wisconsin |
| 1998 | Shanto Iyengar, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1997 | Ellen Mickiewicz, Duke University |
| 1996 | Maxwell McCombs, University of Texas-Austin |
| 1996 | Donald Shaw, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 1995 | Kathleen Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1994 | Gladys Lang, University of Washington |
| 1994 | Kurt Lang, University of Washington |
| 1993 | Elihu Katz, Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1992 | Doris Graber, University of Illinois, Chicago |
The Doris Graber Award recognizes the best book published on political communication in the last ten years.
| 2024 | Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America. Cambridge University Press, 2018. |
| 2023 | Daniel J. Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized. University of Chicago Press, 2018. |
| 2022 | Kevin (“Vin”) Arceneaux, Sciences Po, Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF) Changing Minds or Changing Channels? Partisan News in an Age of Choice, University of Chicago: 2013. |
| 2022 | Martin Johnson, Louisiana State University (Johnson passed away in 2020) Changing Minds or Changing Channels? Partisan News in an Age of Choice, University of Chicago: 2013. |
| 2021 | Bethany Albertson, University of Texas at Austin Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World. Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
| 2021 | Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World. Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
| 2020 | Rodney Benson, New York University |
| 2020 | Honorable Mention Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age. Oxford University Press, 2013. |
| 2019 | Matthew Hindman, George Washington University |
| 2018 | Amber Boystun, University of California Davis Making the News: Politics, the Media & Agenda Setting. University of Chicago Press, 2013. |
| 2017 | Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media. Princeton University Press, 2015. |
| 2014 | Rasmus Nielsen, Roskilde University Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns (Princeton University Press, 2012) |
| 2013 | Susan Herbst, University of Connecticut Rude Democracy: Civility and Incivility in American Politics (Temple University Press 2010) |
| 2012 | Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis Political Disagreement: The Survival of Diverse Opinions within Communication Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2004) |
| 2012 | Paul Johnson, University of California, Davis Political Disagreement: The Survival of Diverse Opinions within Communication Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2004) |
| 2012 | John Sprague, Washington University Political Disagreement: The Survival of Diverse Opinions within Communication Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| 2011 | Robert Entman, George Washington University Projections of Power: Framing News, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy |
| 2010 | Markus Prior Post-Broadcast Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2007) |
| 2009 | Roderick Hart, University of Texas Campaign Talk: Why Elections are Good for Us (Princeton University Press) |
| 2008 | Kirsten A. Foot, University of Washington Web Campaigning |
| 2008 | Steven M. Schneider, SUNY Institute of Technology Web Campaigning |
| 2007 | Joseph Cappella, University of Pennsylvania The Press and the Public Good |
| 2007 | Kathleen Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania The Press and the Public Good |
| 2006 | Pippa Norris, Harvard University A Virtuous Circle (Cambridge University Press, 2000) |
| 2003 | Marion Just, Wellesly College Crosstalk : Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign |
| 2003 | Ann Crigler, University of Southern California Crosstalk : Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign |
| 2003 | Dean Alger Crosstalk : Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign |
| 2003 | Timothy Cook, Lousiana State University Crosstalk : Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign |
| 2003 | Darrell West, Brown University Crosstalk : Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign |
| 2003 | Montague Kern, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Crosstalk: Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign |
| 2002 | Thomas Patterson, Harvard University Out Of Order |
| 2001 | John Zaller, University of California at Los Angeles The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion |
| 2000 | William Gamson, Boston College Talking Politics |
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.
| 2024 | Tiago Ventura, Georgetown University; Rajeshwari Majumdar, New York University; Jonathan Nagler, New York University; Joshua A. Tucker, New York University “Misinformation Exposure Beyond Traditional Feeds: Evidence from a WhatsApp Experiment in BrazilParty Cues Change How Citizens Understand Policy.” APSA 2023 Annual Meeting |
| 2023 | Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University “Party Cues Change How Citizens Understand Policy” |
| 2023 | Rasmus Skytte, Aarhus University “Party Cues Change How Citizens Understand Policy” |
| 2023 | Martin Bisgaard, Aarhus University “Party Cues Change How Citizens Understand Policy” |
| 2022 | Andrew Chadwick, Loughborough University “Online Social Endorsement and Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United Kingdom,” Social Media + Society, 2021. |
| 2022 | Johannes Kaiser, Loughborough University, UK “Online Social Endorsement and Covi |