Research interests: images, race, politics, technology, neuroscience, computational social science.
email: messing~at~stanford...
450 Serra Mall, Building 210, Stanford, CA 94305
Here is my CV and a brief bio, last updated September 2009.
Analysis of images in attack ads in the 2008 Presidential Campaign advertisements (with Shanto Iyengar, Ethan Plaut, and Maria Jabon). APSA poster presentation: Bias in the Flesh: Attack Ads in the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
Social News Ratings and the Online News Agenda - examines how social news ratings affect the way people consume news.
Drafts available upon request.