Outputs (2)

A High Bar or a Double Standard? Gender, Competence, and Information in Political Campaigns (2016)
Journal Article
Ditonto, T. (2017). A High Bar or a Double Standard? Gender, Competence, and Information in Political Campaigns. Political Behavior, 39(2), 301-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-016-9357-5

This study seeks to determine whether subjects in two dynamic process tracing experiments react differently to information related to a candidate’s competence when that candidate is a woman, vs. when he is a man. I find that subjects evaluate a candi... Read More about A High Bar or a Double Standard? Gender, Competence, and Information in Political Campaigns.

Effect of Media Environment Diversity and Advertising Tone on Information Search, Selective Exposure, and Affective Polarization (2016)
Journal Article
Lau, R. R., Andersen, D. J., Ditonto, T. M., Kleinberg, M. S., & Redlawsk, D. P. (2017). Effect of Media Environment Diversity and Advertising Tone on Information Search, Selective Exposure, and Affective Polarization. Political Behavior, 39(1), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-016-9354-8

This paper examines the effects of our modern media environment on affective polarization. We conducted an experiment during the last month of the 2012 presidential election varying both the choice of media sources available about the major president... Read More about Effect of Media Environment Diversity and Advertising Tone on Information Search, Selective Exposure, and Affective Polarization.