New media and U.S. Latinx identity

El Cabal, Vacunas, y Donald Trump: An Analysis of Spanish-Language Disinformation Leading Up to the U.S. Capitol Insurrection

“…Scholars of Latina/o/x studies have also argued that the group should not be treated monolithically either, even though political actors often try to speak to a uniform group (Beltran, 2010; Mora, 2014; Soto-Vásquez, 2020). In particular, Soto-Vásquez (2020) notes how the predominant use of the broad “Latino” label is both racializing, as it rhetorically creates a separate racial group apart from White and Black Americans in popular discourse but also glosses over the large amount of racial diversity among Latina/o/xs. There have been recent social movements to recognize Afro-Latina/o/xs as part of the broader label, while also combating many of the anti-Black cultural frames among Latina/o/xs (Hordge-Freeman & Veras, 2020).…”

Exploring the Role of Media Use Within an Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM) Approach to Vote Likelihood

“…With only a bit over half of Americans casting a ballot, voters’ preferences can diverge, sometimes substantially, from the public’s preferences (Leighley & Nagler, 2014). Scholars have explored variations in turnout, exploring why subgroups vote at different rates, including differences based on age (Holbein & Hillygus, 2020), race and ethnicity (Cassel, 2019; Fraga, 2018; Soto-Vásquez, 2020), gender (Dassonneville & Kostelka, 2019), various attitudinal dispositions (Blais & Achen, 2019; Geys, 2006; Prior, 2019), and even the method by which a ballot is cast (Kaplan & Yuan, 2020). Although substantial progress has been made, there is still considerable unexplained variation in our understanding of which citizens will actually turn up at the polls on Election Day.…”