UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #613

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Submission Number: 613
Submission ID: 9341
Submission UUID: 18692b7c-6582-44f1-8ee1-18d955676d0c

Created: Fri, 08/25/2023 - 11:25 PM
Completed: Fri, 08/25/2023 - 11:25 PM
Changed: Mon, 09/25/2023 - 02:42 PM

Remote IP address: 217.180.192.196
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Primary Research Mentor Name Yimeng Li
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) yimeng.li@fsu.edu
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FSU College (if applicable) Social Sciences and Public Policy
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Political Science
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Title of the Project Analyzing Media Bias, Issue Importance, and Immigration Attitudes from Text
Project Keywords Media Bias; News Articles; Issue Importance; Immigration Attitudes; Survey Responses
Are you currently looking for research assistants? No
Number of Research Assistants Needed 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Political Science
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5-10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description This project has two components: (1) studying media bias from news article text and (2) studying issue importance and immigration attitudes from open-ended survey responses.
Part 1: Understanding partisan bias in the news is crucial as it has critical implications for political discourse, which may affect political behavior or policies through the consumption of news by ordinary voters and political elites. Partisan bias may enter political news coverage through two types of choices by newsmakers: which events or information to cover and how to cover them. This part of the project seeks to estimate these two components of media bias using a novel method.
Part 2: Open-ended questions have long been used in survey research. In recent years, however, open-ended questions have gained popularity. This part of the project seeks to understand voters’ issue priority and immigration attitudes through their responses to open-ended questions and whether monetary incentives improve the quality of their open-ended responses.
Research Tasks Part 1: (Data Collection) Research assistants will read abstracts of news articles published by major news organizations and determine whether they cover the same or different political events and ideological leanings. (Optional Data Analysis) Research assistants will calculate summary statistics of the ideological leanings of new organizations.
Part 2 (Data Collection) Research assistants will read voters’ open-ended responses to survey questions on issue priority and immigration attitudes and determine the most important issues facing the country according to the voters and their immigration attitudes. (Literature Review) Research assistants will review previous research on open-ended questions and gather details about these studies.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Proficiency with Microsoft Excel. Attention to detail is critical to this project.
Preferences will be given to political science sophomores who have completed or are taking POS 1041 American National Government. Preferences will be given to students with strong academic records, evidenced in their CVs and transcripts.
Mentoring Philosophy Every mentee is different. I will identify each mentee’s goals, aspirations, and existing knowledge. I will try to help mentees achieve their goals and aspirations through the mentoring process. I will accommodate the assigned work schedule that fits the mentee’s other classes and activities.
Communication is key. I will establish clear expectations with the mentee at the beginning of the mentorship and maintain weekly meetings to discuss progress and challenges encountered.
Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://yimeng-li.com/all_research/
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Year 2023
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