Protest Exposure and Support for Democratic Norms

• In Event: Protest, Violence, and Democratic Norms

Brief Overview

Does reading about protests change support for democratic norms? Using a survey experiment, we find that support for democratic norms is relatively stable, but the relationship is mediated by participants' emotional reaction to the protests.

Authors

• Erin Cikanek, Cornell University

• Kimberly Turner, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus