Can norm-based information campaigns reduce corruption? This research unpacks how two message types—descriptive norms (how people typically behave) and injunctive norms (how people ought to behave)—affect corrupt behavior and attitudes.
Conventional wisdom holds that vote buying erodes trust in elections, but systematic evidence is scarce. Three expectations were evaluated: a general negative relationship between vote buying and electoral trust; reduced effects among citizens who view vote buying positively; and reduced effects in contexts already marred by electoral irregularities.
New survey experiments conducted just before and after the US election revealed partisan differences in how conspiracy theories affect views. The study tested whether reading conspiratorial accounts about election interference would harm trust in democratic institutions.
This study examines how descriptive and injunctive norms influence voter turnout using political discussion network data from the British Election Study.
Recent IR literature explores this through survey experiments using fictional scenarios. But a new question emerges: could these very experiments influence public awareness themselves? This study reveals that participating in surveys about war crimes can negatively impact understanding of US legal and ethical obligations in conflict. It also finds that past research findings on war crime approval may overstate public support.