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Erik C. Nisbet

Professor; Owen L Coon Endowed Professor in Policy Analysis and Communication

Northwestern University

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School of Communication

Department of Communication Studies

Erik C. Nisbet is currently serving as a Communication Studies Professor; Owen L Coon Endowed Professor in Policy Analysis and Communication at Northwestern University.

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Erik C. Nisbet

Northwestern University

Professor; Owen L Coon Endowed Professor in Policy Analysis and Communication

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political science communication political communication mass communication social sciences public opinion social media political behavior international relations democracy political psychology media studies political analysis journalism climate change political studies online information geopolitics misinformation communication research international communication scholarly communication disinformation detection climate communication fake news climate policy risk communication media use rumor spreading societal influence censorship public sphere international politics public diplomacy citizen attitudes decision science social science research environmental impact assessment turkish studies political agendas information society political process climate change mitigation science policy voting rule boomerang effects science communication democratic citizenship middle east political identity communication gaps choice experiments conflict resolution speech communication cyber conflict intellectual discourse global policy vaccine hesitancy fact checking post-truth attitude theory digital divide candidate selection editorial independence resource economics religiosity digital citizenship climate crisis group communication international conflict partisan brain informational variables social structure network heterogeneity social setting political participation

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Presumed Prevalence/Persuasiveness of Online Misinformation and Americans’ Dissatisfaction With Democracy. Social Media + Society (2026)

online misinformationfake newspolitical behaviorpublic opinioncommunicationpolitical scienceamericans ’ dissatisfactionpolitical studiespersuasiondemocracyonline informationdigital mediumsdisinformation detectionpresumed prevalence/persuasivenesssocial mediapolitical analysispolitical communicationmisinformation

Through a Live Elections Dashboard, Darkly: Managing Expectations and Trust in Progressive Vote Counting During the 2024 U.S. Election. (2026)

politicssocial sciencespublic opinionpolitical behaviorpolitical sciencesmart votingpolitical studiesprogressive vote countingpolitical competitionelectronic votingelection forecastingu.s. electionpolitical analysispolitical communicationvoting rulelive elections dashboardelections

A Registered Report Megastudy on the Persuasiveness of the Most-Cited Climate Messages. (2025)

climate policyclimate governanceclimatic changecommunicationpersuasionregistered report megastudyclimate issuesenvironmental policymost-cited climate messagessocial sciencesclimate changeclimate communication

Benefit Seekers or Principle Holders? Experimental Evidence on Americans’ Democratic Trade-Offs. Perspectives on Politics (2025)

political behaviorwelfarepolitical scienceprinciple holdersdemocracypolitical competitionexperimental evidenceexperimental economicspolitical analysispublic policydemocratic theorypublic choiceeconomic behaviorbenefit seekers

Enhancing Llms for Governance With Human Oversight: Evaluating and Aligning Llms on Expert Classification of Climate Misinformation for Detecting False or Misleading Claims About Climate Change. ArXiv.org (2025)

climate policyclimate governancealigning llmsgovernancepublic integritygeographyenvironmental policyenvironmental impact assessmentpublic policyclimate changeclimate communicationhuman oversight

Self-Reported Exposure and Beliefs About Misinformation Across a U.S. Presidential Election Cycle: Expressive Responding and Motivated Reasoning. Political Communication (2025)

motivated reasoningfake newspolitical behaviorpublic opinionself-reported exposurepersuasionpsychologyexpressive respondingpolitical psychologypolitical analysispolitical communicationmisinformationbehavioral decision makingapplied social psychologyelectionsexperimental social psychologybehavioral sciences

Global Perspectives on Science, Polarization, and Populism Special Issue Introduction. International Journal of Public Opinion Research (2024)

politicsgeopoliticssocial sciencespolitical agendaspolitical sciencepolitical transformationpolitical studiesglobal politicsdemocracyglobal studiesglobal policypolitical analysisideologyglobal challengesglobal perspectives

In Dice We Trust: Uncertainty Displays for Maintaining Trust in Election Forecasts Over Time. (2024)

Fumeng YangChloe Rose MortensonErik NisbetNicholas DiakopoulosMatthew Kay

election forecaststrustuncertainty displayspolitical sciencetime series

The Backstory to “Swaying the Public”: A Design Chronicle of Election Forecast Visualizations. (2024)

Fumeng YangMandi CaiChloe MortensonHoda FakhariAyse LokmanogluNicholas DiakopoulosErik NisbetMatthew Kay

designinformation visualizationpolitical scienceelection forecastingdesign chroniclepolitical communicationvisualizationelectionselection forecast visualizations

Transnational Network Dynamics of Problematic Information Diffusion. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Villa-Turek, EstebanAbhari, RodNisbet, Erik C.Xu, YuLokmanoglu, Ayse Deniz

network scienceapplied mathematicsinformation diffusionproblematic information diffusiontransnational network dynamics

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Erik C. Nisbet

Professor; Owen L Coon Endowed Professor in Policy Analysis and Communication

Northwestern University

Affiliations

School of Communication

Department of Communication Studies

Erik C. Nisbet is currently serving as a Communication Studies Professor; Owen L Coon Endowed Professor in Policy Analysis and Communication at Northwestern University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Erik C. Nisbet

Northwestern University

Professor; Owen L Coon Endowed Professor in Policy Analysis and Communication

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Presumed Prevalence/Persuasiveness of Online Misinformation and Americans’ Dissatisfaction With Democracy. Social Media + Society (2026)

Through a Live Elections Dashboard, Darkly: Managing Expectations and Trust in Progressive Vote Counting During the 2024 U.S. Election. (2026)

A Registered Report Megastudy on the Persuasiveness of the Most-Cited Climate Messages. (2025)

Benefit Seekers or Principle Holders? Experimental Evidence on Americans’ Democratic Trade-Offs. Perspectives on Politics (2025)

climate policyclimate governancealigning llmsgovernancepublic integritygeographyenvironmental policyenvironmental impact assessmentpublic policyclimate changeclimate communicationhuman oversight

Self-Reported Exposure and Beliefs About Misinformation Across a U.S. Presidential Election Cycle: Expressive Responding and Motivated Reasoning. Political Communication (2025)

Global Perspectives on Science, Polarization, and Populism Special Issue Introduction. International Journal of Public Opinion Research (2024)

In Dice We Trust: Uncertainty Displays for Maintaining Trust in Election Forecasts Over Time. (2024)

Fumeng YangChloe Rose MortensonErik NisbetNicholas DiakopoulosMatthew Kay

election forecaststrustuncertainty displayspolitical sciencetime series

The Backstory to “Swaying the Public”: A Design Chronicle of Election Forecast Visualizations. (2024)

Fumeng YangMandi CaiChloe MortensonHoda FakhariAyse LokmanogluNicholas DiakopoulosErik NisbetMatthew Kay

designinformation visualizationpolitical scienceelection forecastingdesign chroniclepolitical communicationvisualizationelectionselection forecast visualizations

Transnational Network Dynamics of Problematic Information Diffusion. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Villa-Turek, EstebanAbhari, RodNisbet, Erik C.Xu, YuLokmanoglu, Ayse Deniz

network scienceapplied mathematicsinformation diffusionproblematic information diffusiontransnational network dynamics

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