University of Wisconsin–Madison
Media and Communication (2025) Authors: Yoo Ji Suh, Dhavan Shah, Mike Wagner. Abstract: We investigate how partisan media during and after the 2020 US presidential (Study 1) and 2022 midterm (Study 2) elections influenced preferences for unyielding politicians who do not compromise with partisan opponents. Our findings suggest that partisan media use may undermine willingness …
Information, Communication & Society (2023) Authors: Jiyoun Suk, Yibing Sun, Luhang Sun, Mengyu Li, Catalina Farías, Hyerin Kwon, Shreenita Ghosh, Porismita Borah, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Teresa Correa, Christine Garlough & Dhavan V. Shah Abstract: Beyond a consciousness-raising hashtag, #MeToo has become a transnational movement, crossing the borders of many societies. However, outsized attention has been …
Communication Monographs (2023) Authors: Min-Hsin Su, Jiyoun Suk, Porismita Borah, Shreenita Ghosha, Christine Garloughd, and Dhavan Shah Abstract: This study explores the framing strategies and language features of U.S. news coverage surrounding sexual violence and gender issues across the ideological media spectrum at two pivotal phases of the #MeToo movement: (1) during its initial rise as …
News Media & Society (2024) Authors: Mengyu Li, Jiyoun Suk, Yini Zhang, Jon C. Pevehouse, Yibing Sun, Hyerin Kwon, Ruixue Lian, Rui Wang, Xinxia Dong, and Dhavan V. Shah Abstract: This study proposes affordances for discursive opportunities (ADO) as a theoretical framework that leverages the concept of technological affordances and the theory of discursive opportunities to …
In this episode, IDS Institute Chair Angela Byars-Winston talks with Professor Dhavan Shah, who is a professor at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication and an IDS affiliate. They talk about how communication around politics has changed in the last decades, the impact of misinformation and disinformation on the upcoming presidential election, and how …