Nathan Walter

Affiliation: Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies

Research focus: Nathan Walter's research examines cognitive and emotional processes underlying political attitudes and behavior, with particular emphasis on how citizens process politically relevant information in polarized environments. His work investigates the effectiveness of fact-checking interventions, the role of motivated reasoning in resisting corrections, and how message design features affect persuasion and belief change.

Key research areas

• Fact-checking and misinformation correction
• Motivated reasoning and political belief formation
• Political communication and message effects
• Persuasion processes in political contexts

Publications

• Walter et al. (2020) — Fact-Checking: A Meta-Analysis of What Works and for Whom

Notes

Assistant's note: Author page created during ingest of the Walter et al. (2020) meta-analysis. Additional publications and biographical details may be added as future sources are submitted.