David S Morris
Biographic Data
| ID | 4180351 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Morris |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Morris |
| SIGNATURE | MORRIS D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Charleston |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2120-4590 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Blinded by Partisanship? The Limitations of Fact-Checkers in Correcting Misinformation During the 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff Elections
In recent years, partisan polarization has intensified, and social media has amplified the spread of inaccurate information. As misinformation circulates more widely, non-partisan fact-checkers play a crucial role in improving public knowledge. However, their efforts often compete with sources that may undermine attempts to correct misinformation. In polarized political environments, elites and partisan media frequently promote narratives that co…
Partisan media exposure, polarization, and candidate evaluations in the 2016 general election
Objective This study aims to examine the influence of Republican and Democratic partisan television news on attitudes toward candidates for president immediately following the 2016 general election. Method Using two waves of the 2016 American National Election Study, we examine feelings toward Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton before and after the election. Results Exposure to Republican partisan media did have a significant negative effect on fee…
End-of-Life Issues in US Child Life Specialist Programs
Challenging the stereotype that minority segregated schools are unsafe
There is a longstanding stereotype that segregated high schools serving a large majority of minority students are unsafe. But it is unclear if this stereotype has any merit. I use a QuantCrit theoretical framework along with data from the nationally representative Education Longitudinal Study and multilevel logistic regression models to explore how school racial segregation is related to student reports of victimization in high school, as well as…
Polarization, partisanship, and pandemic
OBJECTIVE: Republicans and Democrats have displayed widely divergent beliefs and behaviors related to COVID-19, creating the possibility that geographic areas with more Donald Trump supporters may be more likely to suffer from the disease. METHODS: I use 2016 election data, COVID-19 case and mortality data, and multilevel linear growth models with state fixed effects to estimate the relationship between county-level support for Donald Trump and t…
Saving “Little Sister”
Conservation problems are increasing in number and severity worldwide, as is the need for contributions to fund potential remedies. For this reason, the use of marketing techniques that appeal to diverse audiences, especially ones not committed to specific conservation initiatives, is particularly important. We report results of a test of the potential effectiveness of kinship appeals, or messages elements that describe non-human species as kin t…
A fake news inoculation? Fact checkers, partisan identification, and the power of misinformation
Previous research finds that misinformation is often difficult to correct once a person accepts it as truth. Nonetheless, a few studies have shown evidence that fact-checkers can help lower an individual’s susceptibility to believing false news and rumors. Our study builds on this research by examining the fact-checking inoculation effect on political misinformation (also known as “fake news”) that circulated on the Internet in the months followi…
Twitter Versus the Traditional Media
In the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, both the traditional media and social media platforms, like Twitter, were critical in attempts to influence voters. Prior to the 2016 presidential election, the assumption was that campaign messages sent through the traditional media are perceived as more effectual by the public than those sent via Twitter. But after the election of Donald Trump, there is now a sense that things may have changed. In this ne…
Evolving Learning
This study addresses the changing role of Internet usage on the political knowledge and participation gap between individuals of low and high socioeconomic status ( SES ). Analysis of data collected by the Pew Research Center's Biennial Media Consumption Studies (1998–2012) shows that the percentage of the population that accidentally encounters political information online has risen dramatically. Results show that accidental exposure and SES are…
Family and Schooling Experiences in Racial/Ethnic Academic Achievement Gaps
The gap in academic skills between white and historically disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority children exists at school entry and grows over time. Research over the last two decades has identified the important role of schools in perpetuating these disparities and the limited role of family experiences. Much of this research, however, has relied on strategies that consider only snapshots of children's experiences and has assumed that family and …
Extracurricular Activity Participation in High School
Extracurricular activity participation (EAP) has been positively linked with increased academic achievement and college attendance. However, the mechanisms linking EAP to educational outcomes are poorly understood. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS), this study contributes to our understanding of the relationship between EAP and educational success by (1) examining the ability of nine educational, social, and developmental mecha…
Actively Closing the Gap? Social Class, Organized Activities, and Academic Achievement in High School
Participation in Organized Activities (OA) is associated with positive behavioral and developmental outcomes in children. However, less is known about how particular aspects of participation affect the academic achievement of high school students from different social class positions. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examines the math achievement gains from organized activity participation for advantaged and disadvantage…
Digital Inequality and Participation in the Political Process
This study analyzes whether greater levels of Internet access closed the participation gap between individuals of lower and higher socioeconomic status (SES) in the early stages of the 2012 presidential campaign. Our analysis of data from the Pew Research Center demonstrates that greater levels of access to the Internet are significantly associated with greater political knowledge and engagement for low SES individuals, but not high SES individua…
Digital Inequality and Participation in the Political Process
This study analyzes whether greater levels of Internet access closed the participation gap between individuals of lower and higher socioeconomic status (SES) in the early stages of the 2012 presidential campaign. Our analysis of data from the Pew Research Center demonstrates that greater levels of access to the Internet are significantly associated with greater political knowledge and engagement for low SES individuals, but not high SES individua…
Actively Closing the Gap? Social Class, Organized Activities, and Academic Achievement in High School
Participation in Organized Activities (OA) is associated with positive behavioral and developmental outcomes in children. However, less is known about how particular aspects of participation affect the academic achievement of high school students from different social class positions. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examines the math achievement gains from organized activity participation for advantaged and disadvantage…
Evolving Learning
This study addresses the changing role of Internet usage on the political knowledge and participation gap between individuals of low and high socioeconomic status ( SES ). Analysis of data collected by the Pew Research Center's Biennial Media Consumption Studies (1998–2012) shows that the percentage of the population that accidentally encounters political information online has risen dramatically. Results show that accidental exposure and SES are…
A fake news inoculation? Fact checkers, partisan identification, and the power of misinformation
Previous research finds that misinformation is often difficult to correct once a person accepts it as truth. Nonetheless, a few studies have shown evidence that fact-checkers can help lower an individual’s susceptibility to believing false news and rumors. Our study builds on this research by examining the fact-checking inoculation effect on political misinformation (also known as “fake news”) that circulated on the Internet in the months followi…
Family and Schooling Experiences in Racial/Ethnic Academic Achievement Gaps
The gap in academic skills between white and historically disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority children exists at school entry and grows over time. Research over the last two decades has identified the important role of schools in perpetuating these disparities and the limited role of family experiences. Much of this research, however, has relied on strategies that consider only snapshots of children's experiences and has assumed that family and …
Extracurricular Activity Participation in High School
Extracurricular activity participation (EAP) has been positively linked with increased academic achievement and college attendance. However, the mechanisms linking EAP to educational outcomes are poorly understood. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS), this study contributes to our understanding of the relationship between EAP and educational success by (1) examining the ability of nine educational, social, and developmental mecha…
Polarization, partisanship, and pandemic
OBJECTIVE: Republicans and Democrats have displayed widely divergent beliefs and behaviors related to COVID-19, creating the possibility that geographic areas with more Donald Trump supporters may be more likely to suffer from the disease. METHODS: I use 2016 election data, COVID-19 case and mortality data, and multilevel linear growth models with state fixed effects to estimate the relationship between county-level support for Donald Trump and t…
Twitter Versus the Traditional Media
In the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, both the traditional media and social media platforms, like Twitter, were critical in attempts to influence voters. Prior to the 2016 presidential election, the assumption was that campaign messages sent through the traditional media are perceived as more effectual by the public than those sent via Twitter. But after the election of Donald Trump, there is now a sense that things may have changed. In this ne…
Partisan media exposure, polarization, and candidate evaluations in the 2016 general election
Objective This study aims to examine the influence of Republican and Democratic partisan television news on attitudes toward candidates for president immediately following the 2016 general election. Method Using two waves of the 2016 American National Election Study, we examine feelings toward Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton before and after the election. Results Exposure to Republican partisan media did have a significant negative effect on fee…
Challenging the stereotype that minority segregated schools are unsafe
There is a longstanding stereotype that segregated high schools serving a large majority of minority students are unsafe. But it is unclear if this stereotype has any merit. I use a QuantCrit theoretical framework along with data from the nationally representative Education Longitudinal Study and multilevel logistic regression models to explore how school racial segregation is related to student reports of victimization in high school, as well as…
Digital Inequality and Participation in the Political Process
This study analyzes whether greater levels of Internet access closed the participation gap between individuals of lower and higher socioeconomic status (SES) in the early stages of the 2012 presidential campaign. Our analysis of data from the Pew Research Center demonstrates that greater levels of access to the Internet are significantly associated with greater political knowledge and engagement for low SES individuals, but not high SES individua…
Actively Closing the Gap? Social Class, Organized Activities, and Academic Achievement in High School
Participation in Organized Activities (OA) is associated with positive behavioral and developmental outcomes in children. However, less is known about how particular aspects of participation affect the academic achievement of high school students from different social class positions. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examines the math achievement gains from organized activity participation for advantaged and disadvantage…
Extracurricular Activity Participation in High School
Extracurricular activity participation (EAP) has been positively linked with increased academic achievement and college attendance. However, the mechanisms linking EAP to educational outcomes are poorly understood. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS), this study contributes to our understanding of the relationship between EAP and educational success by (1) examining the ability of nine educational, social, and developmental mecha…
Twitter Versus the Traditional Media
In the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, both the traditional media and social media platforms, like Twitter, were critical in attempts to influence voters. Prior to the 2016 presidential election, the assumption was that campaign messages sent through the traditional media are perceived as more effectual by the public than those sent via Twitter. But after the election of Donald Trump, there is now a sense that things may have changed. In this ne…
Evolving Learning
This study addresses the changing role of Internet usage on the political knowledge and participation gap between individuals of low and high socioeconomic status ( SES ). Analysis of data collected by the Pew Research Center's Biennial Media Consumption Studies (1998–2012) shows that the percentage of the population that accidentally encounters political information online has risen dramatically. Results show that accidental exposure and SES are…
Family and Schooling Experiences in Racial/Ethnic Academic Achievement Gaps
The gap in academic skills between white and historically disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority children exists at school entry and grows over time. Research over the last two decades has identified the important role of schools in perpetuating these disparities and the limited role of family experiences. Much of this research, however, has relied on strategies that consider only snapshots of children's experiences and has assumed that family and …
Saving “Little Sister”
Conservation problems are increasing in number and severity worldwide, as is the need for contributions to fund potential remedies. For this reason, the use of marketing techniques that appeal to diverse audiences, especially ones not committed to specific conservation initiatives, is particularly important. We report results of a test of the potential effectiveness of kinship appeals, or messages elements that describe non-human species as kin t…
A fake news inoculation? Fact checkers, partisan identification, and the power of misinformation
Previous research finds that misinformation is often difficult to correct once a person accepts it as truth. Nonetheless, a few studies have shown evidence that fact-checkers can help lower an individual’s susceptibility to believing false news and rumors. Our study builds on this research by examining the fact-checking inoculation effect on political misinformation (also known as “fake news”) that circulated on the Internet in the months followi…
End-of-Life Issues in US Child Life Specialist Programs
Challenging the stereotype that minority segregated schools are unsafe
There is a longstanding stereotype that segregated high schools serving a large majority of minority students are unsafe. But it is unclear if this stereotype has any merit. I use a QuantCrit theoretical framework along with data from the nationally representative Education Longitudinal Study and multilevel logistic regression models to explore how school racial segregation is related to student reports of victimization in high school, as well as…
Polarization, partisanship, and pandemic
OBJECTIVE: Republicans and Democrats have displayed widely divergent beliefs and behaviors related to COVID-19, creating the possibility that geographic areas with more Donald Trump supporters may be more likely to suffer from the disease. METHODS: I use 2016 election data, COVID-19 case and mortality data, and multilevel linear growth models with state fixed effects to estimate the relationship between county-level support for Donald Trump and t…
Partisan media exposure, polarization, and candidate evaluations in the 2016 general election
Objective This study aims to examine the influence of Republican and Democratic partisan television news on attitudes toward candidates for president immediately following the 2016 general election. Method Using two waves of the 2016 American National Election Study, we examine feelings toward Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton before and after the election. Results Exposure to Republican partisan media did have a significant negative effect on fee…
Blinded by Partisanship? The Limitations of Fact-Checkers in Correcting Misinformation During the 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff Elections
In recent years, partisan polarization has intensified, and social media has amplified the spread of inaccurate information. As misinformation circulates more widely, non-partisan fact-checkers play a crucial role in improving public knowledge. However, their efforts often compete with sources that may undermine attempts to correct misinformation. In polarized political environments, elites and partisan media frequently promote narratives that co…
Political science (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Academic achievement (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works)