For those who are interested, you can listen online to an interview I did with NPR's "On the Media" about my co-authored research investigating difficulties correcting the misperception that Barack Obama is a Muslim. (See also our previous research on correcting misperceptions.)
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July 04, 2009
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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at Duke University in 2009 and served as a RWJ Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan from 2009-2011. I also tweet at @BrendanNyhan and serve as a media critic for Columbia Journalism Review. Previously, I co-edited Spinsanity, a non-partisan watchdog of political spin, and co-authored All the President's Spin. For more, see my bio or academic website.
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Nice interview, Brendan. I liked most of what was said. It was perhaps noteworthy that after you blasted Michael Moore and Ann Coulter, the interviewer picked up only on Coulter.
As we've debated before, I'm not convinced that the misperception of Obama being Islamic underpins all sort of claims and insinuations. As far as I can tell, the supposed underpinning has not been validated. I'm not sure it could be validated.
BTW a possible example where shaming actually worked was the battle against the Ku Klux Klan. I cannot remember where I read this, but as I recall, the KKK began to be mocked by various critics. This mockery was said to be effective in reducing their popularity.
Posted by: David | July 04, 2009 at 01:12 PM
I believe the KKK shaming was in Freakonomics. IIRC, it was being parodied on national radio broadcasts.
Posted by: Jason | July 06, 2009 at 10:00 AM