Kimberly Nalder Recent Media

Recent Media: Kimberly Nalder

My Current Research:

Local TV News and Elections project. Coding and crunching continues at my media lab at the Institute for Social Research.
Misinformation project. Continues with the Field Research Corp's Faculty Fellow poll. Stay tuned!
Term Limits and Turnout paper
Transparency paper coming soon.
Tea Party Political Knowledge working paper coming soon.

Research and Commentary in the Press

Listen to Stan Forbes (chair of the CA Citizen's Redistricting Commission) and Prof. Nalder talk about the decline of the Republican Party in California on Capital Public Radio's Insight. (segment only here)
The New York Times article "Republican Party in California is Caught in Cycle of Decline" quotes Prof. Nalder at the end.
A journal article by Dr. Nalder on misperceptions about Prop 13 at CJPP. " The Paradox of Prop. 13: The Informed Public’s Misunderstanding of California’s Third Rail"
A new article on transparency with Stacy Gordon Fischer and Matthew Lesenyie, "Power to the People: Checking Special Interests in California" at CJPP.
A recent appearance on Capital Public Radio's Insight program talking about the 100th Anniversary of women winning the right to vote in CA.
Encyclopedia Britannica Blog (June 2011) has a piece entitled "What's The Matter with California: 5 Questions for Political Scientist Kimberly Nalder"
Le Monde, May 13, 2011 discusses the misinformation work in an article about decision-making: "Comment prenons-nous nos decisions?"
The Economist pull-out section on California Politics April 20, 2011 features Nalder's misinformation work "How Voters Decide. What Do You Know? Citizens Are Not As Well-Informed As They Think"
Wired.com mentions the misinformation piece as well: "The Ignorance of Voters"
Here's the video link for a panel in April for the Nammour Symposium at CSUS. The topic is "On Being Wrong". The other two talks are pretty fascinating too.
Coverage of a talk at the Berkeley IGS Governor's Conference (and a great re-cap) at Calbuzz: "Final Thoughts on IGS 2010 Gov Rac e Conference"
Capital Public Radio's Insight (NPR), a lively discussion with Kimberly Nalder, Stan Statham, Barbara O'Connor, and host Jeffrey Callison on Local TV News and Voter Information.
Panel at the "Getting to Reform" conference put on by the Center for CA Studies, UCB's IGS, and Stanford's Bill Lane Center. Nalder speaks last at about :55.
Capital Public Radio "Audio Voter Information Guide" .
An Op-Ed for the SF Chronicle from Nov. 2009 "Dysfunctional California: Maybe It Is Time to Stop Scapegoating Legislators"
One of the "AdWatch" series judging the truthfulness and efficacy of campaign advertisements for KCRA TV.