Hyunjin Song, Dominic Nyhuis and Hajo G. Boomgaarden published their paper "A Network Model of Negative Campaigning: The Structure and Determinants of Negative Campaigning in Multiparty Systems" in Communication Research. Congratulations
Scholarly attention to the nature and extent of negative campaigning in nonmajoritarian multiparty systems is steadily growing. While prior studies have made commendable progress in outlining the conditions and consequences of negative campaigning, they have typically disregarded the complex interdependencies of multiactor communication environments. The present study focuses on network-structural determinants of negative campaigning. It does so by relying on unique data from the 2013 Austrian federal election and using exponential random graph models to investigate patterns of mediated negative campaigning. The authors find that—above and beyond common determinants of negative campaigning—indicators of network structure are important predictors of campaign communication. This suggests that network models are crucial for accurately representing campaign communication patterns in multiparty systems.
Song, H., Nyhuis D. & Boomgaarden, H. G. (forthcoming). A Network Model of Negative Campaigning: The Structure and Determinants of Negative Campaigning in Multiparty Systems. Communication Research. doi: 10.1177/0093650217712596
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