John Barry Ryan
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John Barry Ryan’s research agenda is centered on political communication with a focus on campaign communication, social influence, and the news media. His latest co-authored books and monographs are Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter (University of Chicago Press), Constructing Political Expertise in the News (Cambridge University Press), Examining Motivations in Interpersonal Communication Experiments (Cambridge University Press), and The Other Divide: Polarization and Disengagement in American Politics (Cambridge University Press). His reseach has appeared in journals such as American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, Nature Human Behavior, and Public Opinion Quarterly.
- Eric Groenendyk, Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan, Elizabeth C. Connors. 2025. Selecting Out of "Politics": The Self-Fulfilling Role of Conflict Expectation. American Political Science Review 119(1):40-55.
- Claassen, Ryan L., John Barry Ryan. 2025. Biased polls: investigating the pressures survey respondents feel. Acta Politica 60:821-843.
- Claassen, Ryan L., Ensley, Michael J., John Barry Ryan. 2025. Do Fans Make Poor Referees? Exploring Citizens' Reactions to Partisan Gamesmanship. Political Behavior 47:1295-1315.
- Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Harry Applestein, John Barry Ryan. 2025. Personal attacks or policy debates? How voters respond to negative campaign messaging. European Journal of Political Research
- James N. Druckman, Samara Klar, Yanna Krupnikov, Matthew Levendusky, John Barry Ryan. 2024. Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter.
- Caitlin Milazzo, John Barry Ryan. 2024. Perceived negativity in British general election communications. Electoral Studies 92:102863.
- Druckman, James, Klar, Samara, Yanna Krupnikov, Levendusky, Matthew, John Barry Ryan. 2022. (Mis)estimating Affective Polarization. The Journal of Politics 84(1):1106-1117.
- Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan. 2022. The Other Divide. Cambridge University Press
- Druckman, James N., Klar, Samara, Yanna Krupnikov, Levendusky, Matthew, John Barry Ryan. 2020. Affective polarization, local contexts and public opinion in America. Nature Human Behaviour 5(1):28-38.
- Klar, Samara, Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan. 2018. Affective Polarization or Partisan Disdain? Untangling a Dislike for the Opposing Party from a Dislike of Partisanship. Public Opinion Quarterly 82(2):379-390.
