Desperately Seeking Sonia? Latino Heterogeneity and Geographic Variation in Web Searches for Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Manzano, Sylvia; Ura, Joseph Daniel

doi:10.1080/10584609.2012.737415

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“…This will enable studies of judicial influence on issue attention in other countries as well as genuinely comparative research that evaluates variance in the magnitude of courts' agenda‐setting influence as a function of institutional arrangements, media structure, political culture, and other factors. Lastly, our results suggest additional research on the role of media in linking courts to dynamics in public opinion (e.g., Marshall, ; Johnson and Martin, ; Brickman and Peterson, ; Ura, ; Manzano and Ura, ; Stoutenborough, Haider‐Markel, and Allen, ; Franklin and Kosaki, ). Finally, comparative studies of judicial politics may help identify the pathways over which judicial influence on the media passes: Are constitutional courts convenient focal points for media coverage in some political cultures, or does the structure of some judicial institutions provide some structured influence over attention to issues in national political systems?…”

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confidence: 52%

Courts and Issue Attention in Canada

Conway

Jordan

Ura

2018

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective To inform international discourse about judicial countermajoritarianism, we assess whether decisions enhancing gay rights by Canadian courts increase the media's attention to homosexuality and related topics. Method We first collect a data set of monthly counts of relevant articles published in two prominent Canadian newspapers and then estimate Markov‐switching models to evaluate whether increases in media attention to homosexuality are coincident with judicial decisions enhancing gay rights in Canada. Results Each of five landmark gay rights decisions is coincident with a period of heightened media attention to homosexuality. The data show that Canadian newspapers publish nearly twice as many relevant stories during these “active” regimes compared to “inactive” periods. Conclusion Canadian courts can increase attention to issues in the national media. This result supports a dynamic view of the interaction between courts and democratic majorities in place of the static view of democracy endemic to normative discourse about judicial countermajoritarianism.

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Courts and Issue Attention in Canada

Conway

Jordan

Ura

2018

Social Science Quarterly

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“…Additionally, Google Trends provide reliable, near realtime updates [22,23], which is prohibitively costly for the vast majority of surveys. Further, internet search data can more effectively gather indicators from underrepresented groups [24] and avoid interviewer bias [25].…”

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Searching for the Determinants of Climate Change Interest

Cavanagh

Lang

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Geography Journal

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A meaningful CO2mitigation policy is unlikely at the national level in the United States. What is currently happening and what is much more likely to occur in the future are city and regional level efforts of mitigation and adaptation. This paper aims to understand the geographic and socioeconomic characteristics of metropolitan areas and regions that lead to engagement with the issue of climate change. We use geographically explicit, internet search data from Google to measure information seeking behavior, which we interpret as engagement, attention, and interest. Our spatial Hot Spot analysis creates a map that potentially could be harnessed by policymakers to gauge mitigation support or adaptation potential. The results of our multivariate analysis suggest that socioeconomic factors are the strongest determinants of search behavior and that climate and geography have little to no impact. With regard to political ideology, we find evidence of a nonlinear, inverse-U relationship with maximum search activity occurring in metropolitan areas with a near even political split, suggesting that parity may be good for engagement.

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“…More generally, little research has examined how executive nominations and appointments affect public opinion; this is despite them either being directly responsible for policy implementation or overseeing those who are, as well as public interest in nominations in general (e.g., Manzano and Ura ) . Therefore, this study presents the first systematic examination of how executive nominees affect public opinion, with a focus on public trust .…”

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“…1973. "Watergate Government," May 6, 1973 nominations in general (e.g., Manzano and Ura 2013). 6 Therefore, this study presents the first systematic examination of how executive nominees affect public opinion, with a focus on public trust.…”

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Presidential Appointments and Public Trust

Hollibaugh¹

2016

Pres Stud Q

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Despite their responsibility for federal policy implementation in the United States, little research has focused on how presidential nominees and appointees affect public opinion. This study offers the first systematic examination of this overlooked phenomenon. Using a survey with an embedded experimental manipulation, we find that perceived nominee competence is associated with increased trust in government in general, whereas perceptions of favoritism or patronage—characterized here as the nomination of campaign fundraisers—are associated with decreased levels of trust in the same. Notably, perceived nominee ideology has no perceptible effect on trust in government.

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Desperately Seeking Sonia? Latino Heterogeneity and Geographic Variation in Web Searches for Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Courts and Issue Attention in Canada

Courts and Issue Attention in Canada

Searching for the Determinants of Climate Change Interest

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