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School of Communication
Ohio State University
3066 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1339
ph: 614-247-1693
email: nisbet.5@osu.edu
School of Communication
Ohio State University
3066 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1339
ph: 614-247-1693
email: nisbet.5@osu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Communication, 2008
Cornell University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Ph.D., Department of Communication, 2008
Cornell University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Masters of Science, Department of Communication, 2006
Cornell University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Bachelor of Arts, Department of Government, 1998
Special Certification: International Relations
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor
School of Communication, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH August 2008 – Present
Lecturer
Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. August 2007 – June 2008
Senior Research Associate/Project Manager
Survey Research Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. May 2002 – May 2007
National Marketing Manager
Cintas, Chicago, IL March 2000 – March 2002
Director of Strategic Market Research Services
RealTime Hotel Reports, Ithaca, NY May 1999 – March 2000
Assistant Director/Project Manager
Cornell Center for Hospitality Research, Ithaca, NY May 1998 – August 1999
Research Manager/Consultant
Cornell School of Hotel Management, Ithaca, NY August 1995 – May 1998
GRANTS
Global Indicators of Anti-Americanism: Lessons for Public Diplomacy, United States Institute For Peace. 2006-2007, $45,000: Co-Principal Investigator
Strategic Framing of Global Climate Change: Testing Cognitive and Emotional Responses within a Competitive Message Environment, OSU School of Communication, Miller Research Award. 2008-2009, $15,000: Principal Investigator
Identity, Threat, and Mediated Intergroup Conflict, OSU School of Communication, Miller Research Award, 2009-2011, $31,925; Principal Investigator
Identity, Threat, and Mediated Intergroup Conflict: Terrorism and Immigration, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Research Grant, 2010-2011, $25,000; Principal Investigator
Co-Evolution of Upstream Human Behavior and Downstream Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate; PI: J. Martin, Co-PIs: E. Irwin, S. Ludsin, E. Nisbet, E. Toman, R. Wilson; submitted December 2010 to the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division for Environmental Biology, Dynamics of Coupled Natural-Human Systems Program; Requested $1,499,995
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Articles
Hart, P.S. and Nisbet, E.C. (in press). Boomerang Effects in Science Communication: How motivated reasoning and identity cues amplify opinion polarization about climate mitigation policies. Communication Research
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (in press). Anti-American Attitudes as a media effect?
Arab media, political identity, and public opinion in the Middle East. Communication Research
Hart, P.S., Nisbet, E.C., and Shanahan, J. (in press). Environmental values and the social amplification of risk: An examination of how environmental values and media use influence predispositions for public engagement in wildlife management decision making. Society and Natural Resources.
Epstein, D., Nisbet, E.C., and Gillespie, T. (2011). Who's responsible for the digital divide? Public perceptions and policy implications. The Information Society. 27(2), 92-104
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2010) Challenging the state: Transnational TV and political identity in the Middle East. Political Communication. 27(4), 1-20
Nisbet, E.C. (2008). Media use, democratic citizenship, and communicating gaps in a developing democracy. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 20 (4), 454-482
Nisbet, E.C. and Shanahan, J. (2008). Anti-Americanism as a communication problem? Foreign media and public opinion toward the United States in Europe and the Middle East. American Journal of Media Psychology. 1(1). 7-35
Scheufele, D.A., Hardy, B., Brossard, D., Waisel-Manor, I.S., Nisbet, E.C., (2006) Democracy based on difference: examining the links between structural heterogeneity, heterogeneity of discussion networks, and democratic citizenship. Journal of Communication, 56(4), 728-753
Nisbet E.C. (2006). The engagement model of opinion leadership: testing validity within a European Context. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 18 (6), 3-30
Nisbet, E.C., Nisbet, M.C., Scheufele, D.A., & Shanahan, J. (2004). Public diplomacy, television news, and Muslim opinion. The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 9(2), 11-37
Scheufele, D.A., Nisbet, M. C., Brossard, D., & Nisbet, E. C. (2004). Social structure and citizenship: examining the impacts of social setting, network heterogeneity and informational variables on political participation. Political Communication, 21(3), 315-338
Book Chapters
Nisbet, E.C. and Myers, T. (under contract). Cultivation of attitudes about homosexuality. In M. Morgan, J. Shanahan, and N. Signorielli's (eds.) The Cultivation Differential: State of the Art Research in Cultivation Theory. New York: Peter Lang
Nisbet, E.C., Ostman, R., and Shanahan, J. (2008). Public Opinion toward Muslim Americans: Civil Liberties and the Role of Religiosity, Ideology, and Media Use. In A. Sinno’s (ed.) Muslims in Western Politics. (pp. 161-199). Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Book Reviews
Nisbet, E.C. (2007). BOOK REVIEW: Negative liberty: public opinion and the terrorist attacks on America by Darren W. Davis. Public Opinion Quarterly. 71(4), 693-695
Non-refereed Journal Articles
Nisbet, M.C. and Nisbet, E.C. (2005). Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion. Geotimes. September 2005.
Publicly Released Research Reports
Nisbet, E.C. and Garrett, K. (October, 2010). Fox News contributes to spread of rumors about proposed NYC mosque. Available at http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/kgarrett/MediaMosqueRumors.pdf.
Nisbet, E.C. and Miller, Y. (May, 2007). ESP 2007: Results. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y (May, 2006). ESP 2006: Economic Well-being in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y (May, 2006). ESP 2006: Social & Political Trends in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C, Miller, Y., and Gay, G. (May, 2006). ESP 2006 Special Report: Security & Privacy in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (July, 2005). ESP 2005: Political, Economic, Social Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (July, 2005). ESP 2005: Workplace & Labor Issues in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (April, 2005). ESP 2005 Special Report: Stem Cell Research in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (April, 2005). ESP 2005 Special Report: Revisions to Social Security. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (March, 2005). ESP 2005 Special Report: Higher Education Spending in New York State. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Shanahan, J. (December, 2004). Report 1: Restrictions on Civil Liberties, Views of Islam, and Muslim Americans. Available at www.comm.cornell.edu/msrg/msrg.html
Nisbet, E.C. & Shanahan, J. (December, 2004). Report 2: U.S. War on Terror, Foreign Policy, and Views of Anti-Americanism. Available at www.comm.cornell.edu/msrg/msrg.html.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (May, 2004). ESP 2004: Political, Economic, & Social Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (May, 2004). ESP 2004: Workplace & Labor Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (August, 2003). ESP 2003: Workplace & Labor Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (August, 2003). ESP 2003: Political Attitudes in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (August, 2003). ESP 2003: Economic & Social Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Refereed Conference Papers
Nisbet, E.C., Stoycheff, E., Myers, T. (2011, September). Information Regimes, Media Use, and
Citizen Political Knowledge in Sub-Sahara Africa. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the World Association of Public Opinion Research. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2010, August) Anti-Americanism as a media effect? Arab media, prior cognitions, and public opinion in the Middle East. Paper presented at the Communication Theory and Methods Division of the 2010 annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Denver, CO
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2009, November). Challenging the state: Transnational TV and political identity in the Middle East. Paper presented at the 2nd Cairo International Conference on Public Opinion, sponsored by the Egyptian Government. Cairo, Egypt.
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2009, August) Transnational TV, Transnational Identity, and public opinion Middle East. Paper presented at the Communication Theory and Methods Division of the 2009 annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Boston, MA
Nisbet, E.C. (2009, May). "Why do they like us?” Deconstructing Muslim Public Opinion Across Regional Contexts. Paper presented at the Global Communication and Social Change Division of the 2009 International Communication Association Conference. Chicago, IL
Nisbet, E.C. and Hart, P.S. (2009, May). Framing global climate change: cognitive and emotional Responses within a competitive message environment. Paper presented at the Mass Communication Division of the 2009 International Communication Association Conference. Chicago, IL
Nisbet, E.C. and Hart, P.S. (2008, November). Strategic Framing, Social Identity, and Public Opinion. Paper presented the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research. Chicago, IL.
Nisbet, E.C. and Shanahan, J. (2008, May). Anti-Americanism as a communication problem? Foreign media and public opinion toward the United States in Europe and the Middle East. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2008 International Communication Association Conference. Montreal, Quebec.
Epstein, D. and Nisbet, E.C. (2008, May). Who is responsible for the digital divide? Public perceptions and policy implications. Paper presented to the Communication Technology Division of the 2008 International Communication Association Conference. Montreal, Quebec.
Nisbet, E.C (2007, September). Media, identity, and issue salience of democracy in the Arab Public Sphere. Paper presented to the Comparative Democratization Division of the 2007 American Political Science Association Conference. Chicago, IL.
Nisbet, E.C. (2007, August). The “New” Arab Public Sphere: satellite news, political identity, and anti-Americanism. Paper presented to the International Communication Division of the 2007 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. * Top Student Paper
Nisbet, E.C. and Gay, G. (2007, May). Internet use and the amplification of trust and privacy evaluations on support for government Internet monitoring. Paper presented to the Communication & Technology Division of the 2007 International Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.
Nisbet, E.C. (2007, May). The globalization frame contest 1999-2004: media framing and public opinion. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2007 International Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.
Nisbet, E.C. and Miller, Y. (February, 2007). Islam in the American mind: lessons for survey research and Muslim public diplomacy. Paper presented at the 2007 International Conference on Public Opinion Polls and Decision-Making: From Theory to Practice, Cairo, Egypt.
Miller, Y. and Nisbet, E.C. (May, 2006). The lesser of two evils? An experimental comparison RDD vs. listed household samples in telephone surveys. Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, Montreal, Quebec
Besley, J., Shanahan, J., and Nisbet, E.C. (February, 2006). The agricultural biotech debate: competing messages and diverging views on genetically modified organisms. Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advance of Science, St. Louis, MO.
Nisbet, E.C. and Moehler, D. C. (September, 2005). Political communication systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: developing integrated models of politics, media, & society. Paper accepted to the Political Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.
Nisbet, E.C., Shanahan, J., & Ostman, R.E. (August, 2005). Mass media, religion, and support for civil liberties: the case of Muslim Americans. Paper presented in the Mass Communication & Society Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Antonio, TX.
Nisbet, E.C. (May, 2005). Mass media use and democratic consolidation: the case of Mali. Paper accepted to the Political Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York. *Top Student Paper
Nisbet, E.C. and Shanahan, J. (May, 2005). Developing cultural indicators of social change: The case of homosexuality. Paper accepted to the Mass Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York.
Shanahan, J., Nisbet, E.C., Diels, J., Hardy, B., Besley, J. (May, 2005) Cultural indicators: integrating measures of meaning with economic and social indicators. Paper accepted to the Mass Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York.
Nisbet, E.C. & Besley, J. (November, 2004) Satisfaction as an alternative outcome to participation in research on civic life: considering procedural justice. Paper presented to the 2005 annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.
Nisbet E.C. (2004, July). Who are the European influentials? Applying an engagement model of opinion leadership. Paper presented to the Communication Theory & Methodology Division at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Ontario. *Top Student Paper
Scheufele, D.A., Nisbet, E.C., Hardy, B., Brossard, D., Waisel-Manor, I.S., (2004, April). Democracy based on difference: examining the links between structural heterogeneity, heterogeneity of discussion networks, and democratic citizenship. Paper submitted to the Communication Theory & Methodology Division at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Ontario.
Nisbet, E.C., Wang, Z. (2004, May) Labor in the public eye: media effects on public support for organized labor. Submitted to the 2004 annual conference of the International Communication Association, political communication section, New Orleans. * Top Student Paper Panel
Besley, J., Diels, J., & Nisbet, E.C. (2003, November) Voting and authoritarianism: the mediating role of media use, discussion, efficacy and trust. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), Chicago, IL. *2nd Place, MAPOR fellows student paper competition.
Nisbet, E.C., & Miller, Y. (2003, September). Ideology, mass media, and public support for affirmative action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Prague, Czech Republic.
Nisbet, E.C., Nisbet, M.C., Scheufele, D.A., & Shanahan, J. (2003, September). The Effects of television news in the Muslim world on public perceptions of the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Prague, Czech Republic.
Scheufele, D.A., Nisbet, M.C., Nisbet, E.C. (2003, September) Ideology, media, and war: Examining the origins of public support for the war against Iraq. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Political Communication Division, Philadelphia, PA.
Nisbet, E.C., Shanahan, J. (2003, May). Mapping attitudes on globalization: creating a framework of audience frames. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Nashville, Tennessee.
Nisbet, E.C., Nisbet, M.C., Scheufele, D.A., and Shanahan, J. (2003, May). The mass-media and anti-American attitudes in the Islamic world: implications for U.S. public diplomacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Nashville, Tennessee.
Nisbet, M.C., Nisbet, E.C, and Rose, Y.K. (2002, November). The origins of equality and morality: Social structure and public opinion about gay rights. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL. *First place, MAPOR fellows student paper competition.
Invited Presentations
Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference (April 3, 2011). Invited presenter on Nazi propaganda methods to today's media coverage of Islamophobia.
OSU School of Environmental and Natural Resources Spring Seminar Series (May 8, 2010). Invited presenter on Communication Gaps About Climate Change
Cornell University Global Climate Change Symposium (October 14, 2008). Invited presenter on Strategic Framing and Global Climate Change.
Islam in America Workshop sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of America (April 22, 2008). Invited presenter on Framing Islam.
Symposium on African Media & Politics sponsored by the Cornell Institute for African Studies (October, 21-23, 2005). Invited participant and presenter on Emerging political communication systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: some preliminary models.
Conference on Muslims in Western Politics sponsored by Indiana University (September 22-24, 2005). Invited participant and presenter on Shaping the Islamic threat: religion, media, and public opinion toward Islam and Muslim Americans.
Cornell Workshop on Anti-Americanism in Comparative Perspective (2004, April 22-25). Invited participant and presenter on TV news and Muslim public opinion.
Cornell University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Bachelor of Arts, Department of Government, 1998
Special Certification: International Relations
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor
School of Communication, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH August 2008 – Present
Lecturer
Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. August 2007 – June 2008
Senior Research Associate/Project Manager
Survey Research Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. May 2002 – May 2007
National Marketing Manager
Cintas, Chicago, IL March 2000 – March 2002
Director of Strategic Market Research Services
RealTime Hotel Reports, Ithaca, NY May 1999 – March 2000
Assistant Director/Project Manager
Cornell Center for Hospitality Research, Ithaca, NY May 1998 – August 1999
Research Manager/Consultant
Cornell School of Hotel Management, Ithaca, NY August 1995 – May 1998
GRANTS
Global Indicators of Anti-Americanism: Lessons for Public Diplomacy, United States Institute For Peace. 2006-2007, $45,000: Co-Principal Investigator
Strategic Framing of Global Climate Change: Testing Cognitive and Emotional Responses within a Competitive Message Environment, OSU School of Communication, Miller Research Award. 2008-2009, $15,000: Principal Investigator
Identity, Threat, and Mediated Intergroup Conflict, OSU School of Communication, Miller Research Award, 2009-2011, $31,925; Principal Investigator
Identity, Threat, and Mediated Intergroup Conflict: Terrorism and Immigration, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Research Grant, 2010-2011, $25,000; Principal Investigator
Co-Evolution of Upstream Human Behavior and Downstream Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate; PI: J. Martin, Co-PIs: E. Irwin, S. Ludsin, E. Nisbet, E. Toman, R. Wilson; submitted December 2010 to the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division for Environmental Biology, Dynamics of Coupled Natural-Human Systems Program; Requested $1,499,995
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Articles
Hart, P.S. and Nisbet, E.C. (in press). Boomerang Effects in Science Communication: How motivated reasoning and identity cues amplify opinion polarization about climate mitigation policies. Communication Research
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (in press). Anti-American Attitudes as a media effect?
Arab media, political identity, and public opinion in the Middle East. Communication Research
Hart, P.S., Nisbet, E.C., and Shanahan, J. (in press). Environmental values and the social amplification of risk: An examination of how environmental values and media use influence predispositions for public engagement in wildlife management decision making. Society and Natural Resources.
Epstein, D., Nisbet, E.C., and Gillespie, T. (2011). Who's responsible for the digital divide? Public perceptions and policy implications. The Information Society. 27(2), 92-104
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2010) Challenging the state: Transnational TV and political identity in the Middle East. Political Communication. 27(4), 1-20
Nisbet, E.C. (2008). Media use, democratic citizenship, and communicating gaps in a developing democracy. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 20 (4), 454-482
Nisbet, E.C. and Shanahan, J. (2008). Anti-Americanism as a communication problem? Foreign media and public opinion toward the United States in Europe and the Middle East. American Journal of Media Psychology. 1(1). 7-35
Scheufele, D.A., Hardy, B., Brossard, D., Waisel-Manor, I.S., Nisbet, E.C., (2006) Democracy based on difference: examining the links between structural heterogeneity, heterogeneity of discussion networks, and democratic citizenship. Journal of Communication, 56(4), 728-753
Nisbet E.C. (2006). The engagement model of opinion leadership: testing validity within a European Context. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 18 (6), 3-30
Nisbet, E.C., Nisbet, M.C., Scheufele, D.A., & Shanahan, J. (2004). Public diplomacy, television news, and Muslim opinion. The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 9(2), 11-37
Scheufele, D.A., Nisbet, M. C., Brossard, D., & Nisbet, E. C. (2004). Social structure and citizenship: examining the impacts of social setting, network heterogeneity and informational variables on political participation. Political Communication, 21(3), 315-338
Book Chapters
Nisbet, E.C. and Myers, T. (under contract). Cultivation of attitudes about homosexuality. In M. Morgan, J. Shanahan, and N. Signorielli's (eds.) The Cultivation Differential: State of the Art Research in Cultivation Theory. New York: Peter Lang
Nisbet, E.C., Ostman, R., and Shanahan, J. (2008). Public Opinion toward Muslim Americans: Civil Liberties and the Role of Religiosity, Ideology, and Media Use. In A. Sinno’s (ed.) Muslims in Western Politics. (pp. 161-199). Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Book Reviews
Nisbet, E.C. (2007). BOOK REVIEW: Negative liberty: public opinion and the terrorist attacks on America by Darren W. Davis. Public Opinion Quarterly. 71(4), 693-695
Non-refereed Journal Articles
Nisbet, M.C. and Nisbet, E.C. (2005). Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion. Geotimes. September 2005.
Publicly Released Research Reports
Nisbet, E.C. and Garrett, K. (October, 2010). Fox News contributes to spread of rumors about proposed NYC mosque. Available at http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/kgarrett/MediaMosqueRumors.pdf.
Nisbet, E.C. and Miller, Y. (May, 2007). ESP 2007: Results. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y (May, 2006). ESP 2006: Economic Well-being in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y (May, 2006). ESP 2006: Social & Political Trends in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C, Miller, Y., and Gay, G. (May, 2006). ESP 2006 Special Report: Security & Privacy in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (July, 2005). ESP 2005: Political, Economic, Social Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (July, 2005). ESP 2005: Workplace & Labor Issues in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (April, 2005). ESP 2005 Special Report: Stem Cell Research in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (April, 2005). ESP 2005 Special Report: Revisions to Social Security. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (March, 2005). ESP 2005 Special Report: Higher Education Spending in New York State. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Shanahan, J. (December, 2004). Report 1: Restrictions on Civil Liberties, Views of Islam, and Muslim Americans. Available at www.comm.cornell.edu/msrg/msrg.html
Nisbet, E.C. & Shanahan, J. (December, 2004). Report 2: U.S. War on Terror, Foreign Policy, and Views of Anti-Americanism. Available at www.comm.cornell.edu/msrg/msrg.html.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (May, 2004). ESP 2004: Political, Economic, & Social Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (May, 2004). ESP 2004: Workplace & Labor Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (August, 2003). ESP 2003: Workplace & Labor Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (August, 2003). ESP 2003: Political Attitudes in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Nisbet, E.C. & Miller, Y. (August, 2003). ESP 2003: Economic & Social Conditions in NYS. Available at www.sri.cornell.edu.
Refereed Conference Papers
Nisbet, E.C., Stoycheff, E., Myers, T. (2011, September). Information Regimes, Media Use, and
Citizen Political Knowledge in Sub-Sahara Africa. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the World Association of Public Opinion Research. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2010, August) Anti-Americanism as a media effect? Arab media, prior cognitions, and public opinion in the Middle East. Paper presented at the Communication Theory and Methods Division of the 2010 annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Denver, CO
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2009, November). Challenging the state: Transnational TV and political identity in the Middle East. Paper presented at the 2nd Cairo International Conference on Public Opinion, sponsored by the Egyptian Government. Cairo, Egypt.
Nisbet, E.C. and Meyers, T. (2009, August) Transnational TV, Transnational Identity, and public opinion Middle East. Paper presented at the Communication Theory and Methods Division of the 2009 annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Boston, MA
Nisbet, E.C. (2009, May). "Why do they like us?” Deconstructing Muslim Public Opinion Across Regional Contexts. Paper presented at the Global Communication and Social Change Division of the 2009 International Communication Association Conference. Chicago, IL
Nisbet, E.C. and Hart, P.S. (2009, May). Framing global climate change: cognitive and emotional Responses within a competitive message environment. Paper presented at the Mass Communication Division of the 2009 International Communication Association Conference. Chicago, IL
Nisbet, E.C. and Hart, P.S. (2008, November). Strategic Framing, Social Identity, and Public Opinion. Paper presented the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research. Chicago, IL.
Nisbet, E.C. and Shanahan, J. (2008, May). Anti-Americanism as a communication problem? Foreign media and public opinion toward the United States in Europe and the Middle East. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2008 International Communication Association Conference. Montreal, Quebec.
Epstein, D. and Nisbet, E.C. (2008, May). Who is responsible for the digital divide? Public perceptions and policy implications. Paper presented to the Communication Technology Division of the 2008 International Communication Association Conference. Montreal, Quebec.
Nisbet, E.C (2007, September). Media, identity, and issue salience of democracy in the Arab Public Sphere. Paper presented to the Comparative Democratization Division of the 2007 American Political Science Association Conference. Chicago, IL.
Nisbet, E.C. (2007, August). The “New” Arab Public Sphere: satellite news, political identity, and anti-Americanism. Paper presented to the International Communication Division of the 2007 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. * Top Student Paper
Nisbet, E.C. and Gay, G. (2007, May). Internet use and the amplification of trust and privacy evaluations on support for government Internet monitoring. Paper presented to the Communication & Technology Division of the 2007 International Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.
Nisbet, E.C. (2007, May). The globalization frame contest 1999-2004: media framing and public opinion. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2007 International Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.
Nisbet, E.C. and Miller, Y. (February, 2007). Islam in the American mind: lessons for survey research and Muslim public diplomacy. Paper presented at the 2007 International Conference on Public Opinion Polls and Decision-Making: From Theory to Practice, Cairo, Egypt.
Miller, Y. and Nisbet, E.C. (May, 2006). The lesser of two evils? An experimental comparison RDD vs. listed household samples in telephone surveys. Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, Montreal, Quebec
Besley, J., Shanahan, J., and Nisbet, E.C. (February, 2006). The agricultural biotech debate: competing messages and diverging views on genetically modified organisms. Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advance of Science, St. Louis, MO.
Nisbet, E.C. and Moehler, D. C. (September, 2005). Political communication systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: developing integrated models of politics, media, & society. Paper accepted to the Political Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.
Nisbet, E.C., Shanahan, J., & Ostman, R.E. (August, 2005). Mass media, religion, and support for civil liberties: the case of Muslim Americans. Paper presented in the Mass Communication & Society Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Antonio, TX.
Nisbet, E.C. (May, 2005). Mass media use and democratic consolidation: the case of Mali. Paper accepted to the Political Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York. *Top Student Paper
Nisbet, E.C. and Shanahan, J. (May, 2005). Developing cultural indicators of social change: The case of homosexuality. Paper accepted to the Mass Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York.
Shanahan, J., Nisbet, E.C., Diels, J., Hardy, B., Besley, J. (May, 2005) Cultural indicators: integrating measures of meaning with economic and social indicators. Paper accepted to the Mass Communication Division at the 2005 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York.
Nisbet, E.C. & Besley, J. (November, 2004) Satisfaction as an alternative outcome to participation in research on civic life: considering procedural justice. Paper presented to the 2005 annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.
Nisbet E.C. (2004, July). Who are the European influentials? Applying an engagement model of opinion leadership. Paper presented to the Communication Theory & Methodology Division at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Ontario. *Top Student Paper
Scheufele, D.A., Nisbet, E.C., Hardy, B., Brossard, D., Waisel-Manor, I.S., (2004, April). Democracy based on difference: examining the links between structural heterogeneity, heterogeneity of discussion networks, and democratic citizenship. Paper submitted to the Communication Theory & Methodology Division at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Ontario.
Nisbet, E.C., Wang, Z. (2004, May) Labor in the public eye: media effects on public support for organized labor. Submitted to the 2004 annual conference of the International Communication Association, political communication section, New Orleans. * Top Student Paper Panel
Besley, J., Diels, J., & Nisbet, E.C. (2003, November) Voting and authoritarianism: the mediating role of media use, discussion, efficacy and trust. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), Chicago, IL. *2nd Place, MAPOR fellows student paper competition.
Nisbet, E.C., & Miller, Y. (2003, September). Ideology, mass media, and public support for affirmative action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Prague, Czech Republic.
Nisbet, E.C., Nisbet, M.C., Scheufele, D.A., & Shanahan, J. (2003, September). The Effects of television news in the Muslim world on public perceptions of the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Prague, Czech Republic.
Scheufele, D.A., Nisbet, M.C., Nisbet, E.C. (2003, September) Ideology, media, and war: Examining the origins of public support for the war against Iraq. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Political Communication Division, Philadelphia, PA.
Nisbet, E.C., Shanahan, J. (2003, May). Mapping attitudes on globalization: creating a framework of audience frames. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Nashville, Tennessee.
Nisbet, E.C., Nisbet, M.C., Scheufele, D.A., and Shanahan, J. (2003, May). The mass-media and anti-American attitudes in the Islamic world: implications for U.S. public diplomacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Nashville, Tennessee.
Nisbet, M.C., Nisbet, E.C, and Rose, Y.K. (2002, November). The origins of equality and morality: Social structure and public opinion about gay rights. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL. *First place, MAPOR fellows student paper competition.
Invited Presentations
Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference (April 3, 2011). Invited presenter on Nazi propaganda methods to today's media coverage of Islamophobia.
OSU School of Environmental and Natural Resources Spring Seminar Series (May 8, 2010). Invited presenter on Communication Gaps About Climate Change
Cornell University Global Climate Change Symposium (October 14, 2008). Invited presenter on Strategic Framing and Global Climate Change.
Islam in America Workshop sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of America (April 22, 2008). Invited presenter on Framing Islam.
Symposium on African Media & Politics sponsored by the Cornell Institute for African Studies (October, 21-23, 2005). Invited participant and presenter on Emerging political communication systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: some preliminary models.
Conference on Muslims in Western Politics sponsored by Indiana University (September 22-24, 2005). Invited participant and presenter on Shaping the Islamic threat: religion, media, and public opinion toward Islam and Muslim Americans.
Cornell Workshop on Anti-Americanism in Comparative Perspective (2004, April 22-25). Invited participant and presenter on TV news and Muslim public opinion.
