PUBLICATIONS
Archer, Allison M. N. and Erik Peterson. 2025. “The Fragility of the Local News Trust Advantage: Evidence from Republican Attacks on Local News.” PS: Political Science & Politics 58(2): 177-183. [pdf] [Coverage: Washington Post; PsyPost.org]
Archer, Allison M. N., Carolyn E. Schmitt,* Shannon C. McGregor, and Heesoo Jang.* 2025. “Presidential Authority and the Legitimation of Far-Right News.” The International Journal of Press/Politics 30(1): 14-37. [pdf] [Coverage: Nieman Lab; RQ1]
Archer, Allison M. N. 2023. “The Effects of Elite Attacks on Co-Partisan Media: Evidence from Trump and Fox News.” Public Opinion Quarterly 87(4): 887-910. [pdf] [Coverage: Nieman Lab; RQ1; PsyPost.org]
Archer, Allison M. N. and Cindy D. Kam. 2022. “She Is the Chair(man): Gender, Language, and Leadership.” The Leadership Quarterly 33(6). [pdf] [Coverage: Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Character & Context Blog]
Archer, Allison M. N. and Scott Clifford. 2022. “Improving the Measurement of Hostile Sexism.” Public Opinion Quarterly 86(2): 223-246. [pdf] [online appendix]
Archer, Allison M. N. and Joshua P. Darr. 2022. “Gubernatorial Elections Change Demand for Local Newspapers.” American Politics Research 50(1): 52-66. [pdf] [Coverage: Good Authority; Nieman Lab]
Kam, Cindy D. and Allison M. N. Archer. 2021. “Mobilizing and Demobilizing: Modern Sexism and Turnout in the #MeToo Era.” Public Opinion Quarterly 85(1): 172-182. [pdf] [Coverage: Washington Post]
Archer, Allison M. N. and Cindy D. Kam. 2020. “Modern Sexism in Modern Times: Public Opinion in the #MeToo Era.” Public Opinion Quarterly 84(4): 813-837. [pdf] [replication files]
Archer, Allison M. N. 2020. “Attacking the Fourth Estate: The Nature and Effects of Political Leaders’ War with the Press.” In Leadership, Populism, and Resistance, edited by Kristin M.S. Bezio and George R. Goethals, 129-147. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Archer, Allison M. N. 2018. “Political Advantage, Disadvantage, and the Demand for Partisan News.” Journal of Politics 80(3): 845-859. [pdf] [Coverage: Nieman Lab; Good Authority]
Archer, Allison M. N. and Joshua D. Clinton. 2018. “Changing Owners, Changing Content: Does Who Owns the News Matter for the News?” Political Communication 35(3): 353-370. [pdf]
Kam, Cindy D., Allison M. N. Archer, and John G. Geer. 2017. “Courting the Women’s Vote: The Emotional, Cognitive, and Persuasive Effects of Gender-Based Appeals in Campaign Advertisements.” Political Behavior 39(1): 51-75.
SELECTED WORKING PAPERS & WORKS IN PROGRESS
Peterson, Erik, Allison M. N. Archer, Kishan Bhakta,* and Sho Izumisawa.* “Indirect Influence: How Elite Attacks on Information Providers Affect Public Opinion Formation.” Under review.
Archer, Allison M. N. and Tanika Raychaudhuri. “From Marginalization to Mobilization: AAPI Political History and Engagement.” Under review.
Archer, Allison M. N. and Michelle Torres. “Are Billionaires Benevolent Local News Owners? Evidence from the LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune.”
Archer, Allison M. N. Elite Rhetoric and the Polarization of Individuals’ News Consumption.
Heinrich, Tobias, Allison M. N. Archer, and Christopher Witko. “Engineering Backlash? Information Engagement and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence.”
Kam, Cindy D., Allison M. N. Archer, and Colette Marcellin.* “Fragile Consensus: Public Opinion on Workplace Sexual Harassment Training.”
Jung, Jae-Hee and Allison M. N. Archer. “Traditional Gender Norms in Western Democracies.”
* indicates graduate student co-author