Research &
Publications
I have authored over 45 articles on numerous topics and my research has been published in Nature Human Behaviour, the American Political Science Review , the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics , and the British Journal of Political Science , among other outlets. Displayed below is select published work by area of research. For a full list of my published work, please see my CV. My Google Scholar profile is available here.
Mass Shootings and Gun Politics
Reny, Tyler T., Benjamin J. Newman, John B. Holbein, and Hans J.G. Hassell. Forthcoming. "Mass Shootings Cause Large Surges in Americans' Engagement with Gun Policy." PNAS Nexus
Hartman, Todd K., and Benjamin J. Newman. 2019. "Accounting for Pre-treatment Exposure in Panel Data: Re-estimating the Effect of Mass Public Shootings." British Journal of Political Science 49(4): 1567-1576 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. and Todd K. Hartman. 2019. "Mass Public Shootings and Public Support for Gun Control." British Journal of Political Science 49(4): 1527-1553 [ pdf ]
Race and Ethnic Politics
Newman, Benjamin J., Tyler T. Reny and Jennifer L. Merolla. Forthcoming. "Race, Prejudice and Support for Racial Justice Countermovements: The Case of Blue Lives Matter." Political Behavior [ pdf ]
Kraft, Patrick W., and Benjamin J. Newman. Forthcoming. "Complaints about Police Misconduct have Adverse Effects for Black Civilians." Political Science Research and Methods [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Tyler T. Reny and Bea-Sim Ooi. 2022. "The Color of Disparity: Racialized Income Inequality and Support for Liberal Economic Policies." Journal of Politics 84(3): 1818-1822 [ pdf ]
Reny, Tyler T. and Benjamin J. Newman. 2021. "The Opinion Mobilizing Effect of Social Protest Against Police Violence: Evidence from the 2020 George Floyd Protests." American Political Science Review 115(4): 1499-1507 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Jennifer L. Merolla, Sono Shah, Danielle C. Lemi, Loren Collingwood, and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan. 2021. "The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of Racially Inflammatory Elite Communication." British Journal of Political Science 51(3): 1138-1159 [ pdf ]
Liao, Steven, Neil Malhotra, and Benjamin J. Newman. 2020. "Local Economic Benefits Increase Positivity toward Foreigners." Nature Human Behaviour 4: 481-488 [ pdf ]
Velez, Yamil R. and Benjamin J. Newman. 2019. "Tuning In, Not Turning Out: Evaluating the Impact of Ethnic Television on Political Participation." American Journal of Political Science 63(4): 808-823 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. and Neil Malhotra. 2019. "Economic Reasoning with a Racial Hue: Is the Immigration Consensus Purely Race Neutral?" Journal of Politics 81(1): 153-166 [ pdf ]
Reny, Tyler and Benjamin J. Newman. 2018. "Protecting the Right to Discriminate: The Second Great Migration and Racial Threat in the American West." American Political Science Review 112(4): 1104-1110 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Sono Shah and Loren Collingwood. 2018. "Race, Place, and Building a Base: Latino Population Growth and the Nascent Trump Campaign for President." Public Opinion Quarterly 82(1): 122-134 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. , Todd K. Hartman , Patrick L. Lown and Stanley Feldman. 2015. "Easing the Heavy Hand: Humanitarian Concern, Empathy, and Opinion on Immigration." British Journal of Political Science 45(3): 583-607 [ pdf ]
Johnston, Christopher D., Benjamin J. Newman and Yamil R. Velez. 2015. "Ethnic Change, Personality, and Polarization over Immigration in the American Public." Public Opinion Quarterly 79(3): 662-686 [ pdf ]
Hartman, Todd K., Benjamin J. Newman and Charles S. Bell. 2014. "Decoding Prejudice toward Hispanics: Group Cues and Public Reactions to Threatening Immigrant Behavior." Political Behavior 36(1): 143-163 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. 2013. "Acculturating Contexts and Anglo Opposition to Immigration in the U.S." American Journal of Political Science 57(2): 374-390 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Todd K. Hartman, and Charles S. Taber. 2012. "Foreign Language Exposure, Cultural Threat, and Opposition to Immigration." Political Psychology 33(5): 635-657 [ pdf ]
Class and Inequality
Kane, John V. and Benjamin J. Newman. 2023. "What They Have but Also Who They Are: Avarice, Elitism, and Public Support for Taxing the Rich." Public Opinion Quarterly 87(2): 402-414 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. 2022. "Economic Inequality, the Working Poor, and Belief in the American Dream." Public Opinion Quarterly 86(4): 944-954 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. 2020. "Inequality Growth and Economic Policy Liberalism: An Updated Test of a Classic Theory." Journal of Politics 82(2): 765-770 [ pdf ]
Kane, John V. and Benjamin J. Newman. 2019. "Organized Labor as the New Undeserving Rich? Mass Media, Class-Based Anti-Union Rhetoric and Public Support for Unions in the United States." British Journal of Political Science 49(3): 997-1026 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. and Thomas J. Hayes. 2019. "Durable Democracy? Economic Inequality and Democratic Accountability in the New Gilded Age." Political Behavior 41(1): 5-30 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Sono Shah and Erinn Lauterbach. 2018. "Who Sees an Hourglass? Assessing Citizens' Perception of Local Economic Inequality." Research & Politics 5(3): 1-7 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. 2016. "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Local Gender-Based Earnings Inequality and Women's Belief in the American Dream." American Journal of Political Science 60(4): 1006-1025 [ pdf ]
Johnston, Christopher D. and Benjamin J. Newman. 2016. "Economic Inequality and U.S. Public Policy Mood Across Time and Space." American Politics Research 44(1): 164-191 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Christopher D. Johnston, and Patrick L. Lown. 2015. "False Consciousness or Class Awareness? Local Income Inequality, Personal Economic Position, and Belief in American Meritocracy." American Journal of Political Science 59(2): 326-340 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. 2014. "My Poor Friend: Financial Distress in One's Social Network, the Perceived Power of the Rich, and Support for Redistribution." Journal of Politics 76(1): 126-138 [ pdf ]
Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Newman, Benjamin J., Stephanie L. DeMora and Tyler Reny. 2021. "Female Empowerment and the Politics of Language: Evidence Using Gender-Neutral Amendments to Subnational Constitutions." British Journal of Political Science 51(4): 1761-1772 [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. and Brandon L. Bartels. 2011. "Politics at the Checkout Line: Explaining Political Consumerism in the U.S." Political Research Quarterly 64(4): 803-817 [ pdf ]