Elizabeth Zechmeister's guest appearances

Elizabeth Zechmeister

The CSDC Podcast

Two Gringos with Questions

Justin Trudeau

Francis Fukuyama

Jon Lee

Wade Davis

Jay Parini

Helen Clark

David Farrell

Steven Levitsky

Simon Kuper

Michael Grant

Daniel Weinstock

Valerie Steele

Bibiana Rojas

Roland Paris

Francisco Toro

OwlTail

Zechmeister joins the two gringos to talk about the LAPOP project, public trust in institutions, and more.

An interview with Elizabeth Zechmeister, Director of the LAPOP project at Vanderbilt University

Download the PDF presentation by clicking here. Professor Elizabeth Zechmeister (Vanderbilt University) Friday, March 10, 2017 McGill University, Montreal — Priorities expressed by the public provide input into policy and act as benchmarks for assessing government responsiveness. In determining which issues top the national agenda, how important are personal experiences vs. information obtained from the media? One answer to this question emerges via a focus on security prioritization. This project develops an original framework that takes into account experiences, context, and the media as an agent for diffusing concerns about security beyond where crime is concentrated. Multi-level analyses of AmericasBarometer survey data from 18 countries show that news consumption increases security prioritization in relatively safe environments, where individuals otherwise would be less likely to place crime at the top of the political agenda. Importantly, the same relationship does not hold for fear of crime. In short, consumption of news shapes the national political agenda on security but, counter to conventional wisdom, does not cultivate fear where it would not otherwise exist. The post 007 SPEAKER SERIES – Elizabeth Zechmeister on the Impact of News Consumption on the Security Agenda appeared first on CSDC - Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship.

<a href="https://csdc-cecd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Zechmeister_Montreal_Presentation.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download the PDF presentation by clicking here.</a> Professor Elizabeth Zechmeister (Vanderbilt University) Friday, March 10, 2017 McGill University, Montreal — Priorities expressed by the public provide input into policy and act as benchmarks for assessing government responsiveness. In determining which issues top the national agenda, how important are personal experiences vs. information obtained from the media? One answer to this question emerges via a focus on security prioritization. This project develops an original framework that takes into account experiences, context, and the media as an agent for diffusing concerns about security beyond where crime is concentrated. Multi-level analyses of AmericasBarometer survey data from 18 countries show that news consumption increases security prioritization in relatively safe environments, where individuals otherwise would be less likely to place crime at the top of the political agenda. Importantly, the same relationship does not hold for fear of crime. In short, consumption of news shapes the national political agenda on security but, counter to conventional wisdom, does not cultivate fear where it would not otherwise exist. The post <a href="https://csdc-cecd.ca/007-speaker-series-elizabeth-zechmeister-impact-news-consumption-security-agenda/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">007 SPEAKER SERIES – Elizabeth Zechmeister on the Impact of News Consumption on the Security Agenda</a> appeared first on <a href="https://csdc-cecd.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CSDC - Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship</a>.

007 SPEAKER SERIES – Elizabeth Zechmeister on the Impact of News Consumption on the Security Agenda