Quantitative Study of Elite Communications

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel explores quantitative approaches to study politics through digital media, featuring studies on politicians' use of social media, local vs. national electoral trends, the impact of elections on populist rhetoric, and measuring political uncertainty in autocracies. Employing novel data science techniques, including machine learning and NLP, these papers provide groundbreaking insights into political communication, electoral behavior, and the unique challenges of researching political dynamics in digital and authoritarian contexts.

Sub Unit

• Division 8: Political Methodology

Individual Presentations

• Social Media vs. Surveys: New Scalable Approach to Analyze Legislators' Rhetoric - Valentina Gonzalez-Rostani, Princeton University; Jose Incio, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Guillermo Lezama, University of Pittsburgh

• US Legislators are Rhetorically Responsive to Electoral Demands on Social Media - Andrew Elias Strasberg, Washington University in St. Louis

• Measuring Autocratic Originality: Parsing Genuine from Propaganda in Speeches - Jonathan Elkobi, Yale University

• "Nein" to Joint European Debt. Or, Maybe, Yes? - Maksim Zubok

Chair

• Bryce Dietrich Purdue University

Discussants

• Francesca Tang Princeton University

• Bryce Dietrich Purdue University