Partisan Elite Messaging and Emotion in Public Health Crises

• In Event: Political Psychology and Health

Brief Overview

How does partisanship shape emotional reactions and attitudes toward public health threats? I present observational and experimental evidence of an American public predisposed to polarization in their affective responses to nascent health threats.

Authors

• Nicholas D'Amico, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

• Shana Kushner Gadarian, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University