Publications

Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)

  1. Pedersen, Rasmus T, Kristina J Hansen, Lene H Pedersen (2022). Citizens’ Aversion to Pay Raises for Politicians: The Risk of Self-Interest Matter More Than the Promise of Competence, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 34(1)
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  2. Pedersen, Rasmus T., Nicolas M. Anspach, Kasper M. Hansen & Kevin Arceneaux (2021). Political predispositions, not popularity: people’s propensity to interact with political content on Facebook, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
  3. Greve-Poulsen, Katrine, Frederik K. Larsen, Rasmus T. Pedersen & Erik Albæk (2021). No Gender Bias in Audience Perceptions of Male and Female Experts in the News: Equally Competent and Persuasive. The International Journal of Press/Politics (Publisher Website) (Appendix)
    – Replication materials available at Dataverse
  4. Pedersen, Rasmus T. & Jens Olav Dahlgaard (2021). Political Candidacy and Sibling Sex Composition: Your Sister Will Not Make You Run For Office. Political Behavior (Publisher Website) (PDF) (Appendix)
  5. Pedersen, Rasmus T. & Lene Holm Pedersen (2020). Citizen Attitudes on Politicians’ Pay: Trust Issues Are Not Solved by Delegation, Political Studies (Publisher website) (PDF) (Appendix)
    – Replication materials available at Dataverse
  6. Pedersen, Rasmus T. & Diana C. Mutz (2019) Attitudes Toward Economic Inequality: The Illusory Agreement, Political Science Research and Methods, 7(4) (Publisher website) (PDF) (Appendix)
    – Replication materials available at Dataverse
    – Winner of the 2020 Best Paper Award in PSRM
  7. Pedersen, Rasmus T, Jens Olav Dahlgaard & Manuele Citi (2019). Voter Reactions to Candidate Background Characteristics Depend on Candidate Policy Positions. Electoral Studies (Publisher website) (PDF) (Appendix)
    – Replication materials available at Dataverse
  8. Andersen, Kim, Morten Skovsgaard & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2019): The X Factor of Opportunity Structures: How Grab and Wrap Effects of Entertainment Create Inadvertent News Audience in a High-Choice Media Environment. European Journal of Communication, 34(5) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  9. Pedersen, Lene Holm, Jens Olav Dahlgaard & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2019). Rewarding the Top: Citizens’ Opposition to Higher Pay for Politicians, Scandinavian Political Studies, 42(2) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  10. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2019). Attitudes on the Size of Unemployment Benefits: Ideology and Numbers, Scandinavian Political Studies, 42(1) (Publisher website) (PDF) (Appendix)
    – Replication materials available at Dataverse
  11. Pedersen, Rasmus T. & Martin Vinæs Larsen (2019). Putting a Number on Preferences: How Numerical Attitudes Are Shaped by Ideology and Equivalency Framing, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 31(3).
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    – Replication materials available HERE
  12. Pedersen Lene H., Rasmus T. Pedersen & Yosef Bhatti (2018). When less is more: On politicians’ attitudes to remuneration. Public Administration, 96(4) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  13. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2017). Politicians Appear More Competent When Using Numerical Rhetoric, Journal of Experimental Political Science,  4(2) (Publisher website) (PDF)
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  14. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2017). Ratio Bias and Policy Preferences: How Equivalency Framing of Numbers Can Affect Attitudes, Political Psychology, 38(6) (Publisher website) (PDF)
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  15. Bhatti, Yosef & Rasmus T Pedersen (2016). News Reporting of Opinion Polls: Journalism and Statistical Noise, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 28(1) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  16. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2014). News Media Framing of Negative Campaigning, Mass Communication and Society, 17(6) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  17. Hansen, Kasper & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2014). Campaigns Matter: How Voters Become Knowledgeable and Efficacious During Election Campaigns, Political Communication, 31(2) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  18. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2012). The Game Frame and Political Efficacy: Beyond the Spiral of Cynicism, European Journal of Communication, 27(3) (Publisher website) (PDF)
  19. Hansen, Kasper & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2012). Efficiency of Different Recruitment Strategies for Web Panels, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 24 (2), (Publisher website) (PDF)
  20. Hansen, Kasper & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2008). Negative Campaigning in a Multiparty System, Scandinavian Political Studies, 31 (4) (Publisher website) (PDF)

Book Chapters

  1. Pedersen, Rasmus T., & Lene Holm Pedersen (2020). Borgere med lav tillid er imod højere løn til politikere – uanset hvem der foreslår det, in Politologisk årbog 2019-2020. DJØF Forlag.
  2. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2018). Talglade politikere virker mere kompetente, in Politologisk årbog 2017-2018. Hans Reitzel.
  3. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2017). Media Framing, in The Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, edited by Fathali M. Moghaddam, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications.
  4. Bhatti, Yosef & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2016). Mediernes misrapportering af meningsmålinger [The Flawed Reporting of Polls in the News Media], in Politologisk Årbog 2015-2016 [Annual Review of Danish Political Science 2015-2016], Copenhagen, Hans Reitzels Forlag.
  5. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2016) Valgkampe og Medier [Election Campaigns and the News Media], in Medier, Politik og Samfund: En grundbog [News Media, Politics and Society: An Introduction], edited by Thomas Olesen.
  6. Bhatti, Yosef & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2014). Konfidensintervaller og signifikanstest [Confidence Intervals and Tests of Statistical Significance], in Forskningsmetoder i journalistik og politisk kommunikation [Methods in Journalism and Political Communication], edited by David Nicolas Hopmann & Morten Skovsgaard. Copenhagen, Hans Reitzels Forlag.
  7. Hansen, Kasper M. & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2014). Valgkampens negative kampagnebudskaber [Negative Campaigning in the Election Campaign], in Folketingsvalgkampen 2011 i perspektiv [The Danish 2011 Parliamentary Election Campaign in Perspective], edited by Kasper M. Hansen & Karina-Kosiara Pedersen. Copenhagen, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag.
  8. Dahlgaard, Jens-Olav, Kasper Møller Hansen & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2014). Valgkampens dagsorden i perspektiv [The Campaign Agenda in Perspective], in Folketingsvalgkampen 2011 i perspektiv [The Danish 2011 Parliamentary Election Campaign in Perspective], edited by Kasper M. Hansen & Karina-Kosiara Pedersen. Copenhagen, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag.
  9. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2014). Avisernes fokus og framing under valgkampen [Focus and Framing of the Newspapers’ Election Campaign Coverage], in Folketingsvalgkampen 2011 i perspektiv [The Danish 2011 Parliamentary Election Campaign in Perspective], edited by Kasper M. Hansen & Karina-Kosiara Pedersen. Copenhagen, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag, 2014
  10. Hansen, Kasper M. & Rasmus T. Pedersen (2014). Valgkampens effekt på vælgernes politiske viden og efficacy [How Does the election Impact Knowledge and Efficacy among the Voters?], with Kasper M. Hansen, in Folketingsvalgkampen 2011 i perspektiv [The Danish 2011 Parliamentary Election Campaign in Perspective], edited by Kasper M. Hansen & Karina-Kosiara Pedersen. Copenhagen, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag.
  11. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2013) Politisk journalistik ved folketingsvalgkampene i 2007 og 2011 [Political Journalism During the 2007 and 2011 Danish Election Campaigns], in Statskundskab i praksis [Political Science in Practice], edited by Karina Kosiara-Pedersen, Gustav Nedergaard & Emil Lobe Suenson. Copenhagen, Karnow Group.

PhD Dissertation

  1. Pedersen, Rasmus T. (2013) Politics as Fights and Games of Strategy – Characteristics and Consequences of Political News Reporting in the Mass Media. University of Copenhagen, 2013.

    Assessment Committee: Karina Kosiara-Pedersen (University of Copenhagen), Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam), Shanto Iyengar (Stanford University)

 

Published Working Papers

  1. “No Effects of Artificial Surveillance Cues or Social Proofs on Survey Participation Rates.” Working paper, University of Copenhagen (pdf)

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  2. ”Store forskelle i vurdering af statsministeregnethed,” with Kasper M. Hansen & Karina Kosiara-Pedersen. Working paper from Centre for Voting and Parties, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2011. (pdf)
  3. “Online Panel of Electoral Campaigning (OPEC) – Facts about the Surveys,” with Kasper M. Hansen & Karina Kosiara-Pedersen. Working paper from Centre for Voting and Parties, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2011 (pdf)