Thomas Wynter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4397715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Wynter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Wynter |
| SIGNATURE | WYNTER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Costs of Pride
A comparative analysis of emotional taxation was conducted to investigate the affective cost of entering the political process among 1,019 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) activists in the United States (n = 355), the United Kingdom (n = 230), South Africa (n = 228), and Australia (n = 206). Four consistent trends were identified across these four contexts, with important implications for the study of social moveme…
Electoral Integrity in America
The contemporary era raises a series of red flags about electoral integrity in America. Problems include plummeting public trust, exacerbated by President Trump’s claims of massive electoral fraud. Confidence in the impartiality and reliability of information from the news media has eroded. And Russian meddling has astutely exploited both these vulnerabilities, heightening fears that the 2016 contest was unfair. This book brings together a first-…
Fake News
Chapter 7 tackles the challenges posed by misinformation campaigns and fake news, an issue of growing concern in America and around the world. Following the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, academics and pundits alike struggled to make sense of what happened, and many pointed to the role of fake news and misinformation more broadly in leading voters astray in their assessments of the two major candidates for president. This chapter draws on surv…
Save the sharks
Much of the history of the human–shark relationship has been based on fear. For centuries, the goal has been to kill sharks that come near boats or beaches. Yet, there is a growing trend of more positive feelings toward local shark populations. In this article, we demonstrate that feelings of pride toward sharks can serve as an opposing force to fear, and can moderate the way fear affects support for policies to kill sharks. This study reports on…
Campaign finance and perceptions of interest group influence in Australia
Comparative studies routinely demonstrate that Australia underperforms relative to other established democracies on measures of campaign finance integrity and the role of money in politics. Scandals relating to the influence of political donations have affected both major parties in recent elections, and record numbers of Australians believe that the government is run for a few big interests. Previous studies have focused on the problems of Austr…
Counterterrorism, Counterframing, and Perceptions of Terrorist (Ir)rationality
Research on post-9/11 counterterrorism policy preferences in the West has focused primarily on the role of emotions and the magnitude of threat perception. In this article, I demonstrate the central role played by perceptions of the nature of the terrorist threat. Specifically, I focus on the divergence between the dominant depiction of terrorist irrationality in elite discourse in Australia and the strategic model in the academic literature. Rep…
The Costs of Pride
A comparative analysis of emotional taxation was conducted to investigate the affective cost of entering the political process among 1,019 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) activists in the United States (n = 355), the United Kingdom (n = 230), South Africa (n = 228), and Australia (n = 206). Four consistent trends were identified across these four contexts, with important implications for the study of social moveme…
Counterterrorism, Counterframing, and Perceptions of Terrorist (Ir)rationality
Research on post-9/11 counterterrorism policy preferences in the West has focused primarily on the role of emotions and the magnitude of threat perception. In this article, I demonstrate the central role played by perceptions of the nature of the terrorist threat. Specifically, I focus on the divergence between the dominant depiction of terrorist irrationality in elite discourse in Australia and the strategic model in the academic literature. Rep…
Counterterrorism, Counterframing, and Perceptions of Terrorist (Ir)rationality
Research on post-9/11 counterterrorism policy preferences in the West has focused primarily on the role of emotions and the magnitude of threat perception. In this article, I demonstrate the central role played by perceptions of the nature of the terrorist threat. Specifically, I focus on the divergence between the dominant depiction of terrorist irrationality in elite discourse in Australia and the strategic model in the academic literature. Rep…
Electoral Integrity in America
The contemporary era raises a series of red flags about electoral integrity in America. Problems include plummeting public trust, exacerbated by President Trump’s claims of massive electoral fraud. Confidence in the impartiality and reliability of information from the news media has eroded. And Russian meddling has astutely exploited both these vulnerabilities, heightening fears that the 2016 contest was unfair. This book brings together a first-…
Fake News
Chapter 7 tackles the challenges posed by misinformation campaigns and fake news, an issue of growing concern in America and around the world. Following the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, academics and pundits alike struggled to make sense of what happened, and many pointed to the role of fake news and misinformation more broadly in leading voters astray in their assessments of the two major candidates for president. This chapter draws on surv…
Save the sharks
Much of the history of the human–shark relationship has been based on fear. For centuries, the goal has been to kill sharks that come near boats or beaches. Yet, there is a growing trend of more positive feelings toward local shark populations. In this article, we demonstrate that feelings of pride toward sharks can serve as an opposing force to fear, and can moderate the way fear affects support for policies to kill sharks. This study reports on…
Campaign finance and perceptions of interest group influence in Australia
Comparative studies routinely demonstrate that Australia underperforms relative to other established democracies on measures of campaign finance integrity and the role of money in politics. Scandals relating to the influence of political donations have affected both major parties in recent elections, and record numbers of Australians believe that the government is run for a few big interests. Previous studies have focused on the problems of Austr…
The Costs of Pride
A comparative analysis of emotional taxation was conducted to investigate the affective cost of entering the political process among 1,019 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) activists in the United States (n = 355), the United Kingdom (n = 230), South Africa (n = 228), and Australia (n = 206). Four consistent trends were identified across these four contexts, with important implications for the study of social moveme…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Perception (2 works) · Pride (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)