Some recent scholarly publications.
(For a complete list, please use the link to the CV on the right).
Ridicule in Late-Night Political Humor in the United States: Contours and Consequences. (Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Farah Latif). In Wiley Handbook of Social and Political Conflict, eds. Sergei A. Samoilenko and Solon Simmons. New York: Wiley, 2025: 291-300. URL for book
Late-Night Political Humor and the 2020 Presidential Campaign: Still All Trump, All the Time. (Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, Farah Latif, and Sally Burkley). In Social Media Politics: Digital Discord in the 2020 Presidential Election, eds. Dan Schill and John Allen Hendricks. New York: Routledge 2024: 253-270. URL for book
Chuck Robb’s 1981 Gubernatorial Campaign and the Democratic Realignment. (Stephen J. Farnsworth, Stephen P. Hanna and Sally Burkley). The New Dominion: The Twentieth- Century Elections that Shaped Modern Virginia, eds. John G. Milliken and Mark J. Rozell. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023. URL for book
Declining Rural Influence in Virginia Politics: Comparing Mark Warner’s 2001 and 2020 Elections. (Stephen J. Farnsworth, Stephen P. Hanna, and Kate Seltzer). Vibrant Virginia: Engaging the Commonwealth to Expand Economic Vitality, eds. Margaret Cowell and Sarah Lyon-Hill. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech Publishing, 2022: 41-58. URL for book
Intermedial #MAGA: The Trump Presidency on Screen. (Blythe Worthy, Stuart Cottle, Stephen Farnsworth, Deborah Jaramillo, Lily Kunda, Jorie Lagerway, Taylor Nygaard, Claudia Sirdah and Tim Soutphommasane). Australasian Journal of American Studies 40(1): 65-100 (July 2021). Link
President Obama, the Affordable Care Act and the Challenges of Strategic Political Communication. The Handbook of Strategic Communication, ed. Carl Botan. New York: Wiley Blackwell, 2021:145-162. URL for book
Late Night TV Humor and the Culture of Ridicule. (S. Robert Lichter and Stephen J. Farnsworth). Routledge Handbook of Character Assassination and Reputation Management, eds. Sergei A. Samoilenko, Martijn Icks, Jennifer Keohane, and Eric B. Shiraev. New York: Routledge, 2020: 352-65. URL for book
Studying the Presidency after 9/11: Re-considering Presidential Character in Domestic and International Contexts. 9/11 and the Academy: Responses in the Liberal Arts and the 21st Century World, ed. Mark Finney and Matthew Shannon. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019: 185-211. URL for book
Partisan Targets of Media Fact-Checking: Examining President Obama and the 113th Congress. (Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter). Virginia Social Science Journal 53: 51-62 (2019). URL for article
Partisan Trends in Late Night Humor.
(S. Robert Lichter and Stephen J. Farnsworth). Still good for a laugh? Political humor in a changing media landscape, ed. Jody Baumgartner and Amy Becker. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2018:45-57.
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Gridlock until 2020: Trump will only remain true to himself, a policy that will never change.
(Published in German as “Stillstand bis 2020: Treu bleibt Trump nur sich selbst. Seine Politik aber wird sich niemals ändern.”). Internationale Politik (German Council on Foreign Relations). 2018 (6): 8-13. (November/December).
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Donald Trump and the Late-Night Political Humor of Campaign 2016: All the Donald, All the Time.
(Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso).
The Presidency and Social Media: Discourse, Disruption and Digital Democracy in the 2016 Presidential Election, (Dan Schill and John Allen Hendricks, ed.) New York: Routledge, 2018: 330-45.
URL for book
Party Affiliation and Political Class.
(Benjamin Hermerding and Stephen J. Farnsworth).
The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty (R.S. Rycroft, ed.).
Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2017: 476-9.
URL for book
Virginia’s 2013 Gubernatorial Race and Presidential Elections: A Comparison of News Coverage.
(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
The Virginia News Letter. Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
92(3): 1-8 (August 2016).
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Virginia Voters and Decentralized Governmental Power: Federal Frustration and State Satisfaction?
Virginia Social Science Journal 50: 81-90 (Spring 2015).
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Spinner-in-chief: How presidents shape the news.
(Published in Italian as “Spinner-in-chief: come i presidenti plasmano le notizie”).
Limes, the Italian Journal of Geopolitics. 2015 (4): 139-146. (April 2015).
With Overwhelming Support for Nonpartisan Redistricting, Virginians are Studying Ways to Make That Happen.
(Benjamin M. Harris and Stephen J. Farnsworth).
The Virginia News Letter. Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
90(4): 1-7 (June 2014).
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An Extended Presidential Honeymoon: Coverage of Barack Obama in the New York Times during 2009 and 2010.
(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Politics and Policy 41 (3): 447-463 (June 2013).
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Visualizing Virginia’s Changing Electorate: Mapping Presidential Elections from 2000 to 2012.
(Stephen P. Hanna and Stephen J. Farnsworth).
The Virginia News Letter. Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
89(2): 1-10 (May 2013).
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Event-Driven Environmental News in the US and Canada.
(Stuart Soroka, Stephen J. Farnsworth, Lori Young and Andrea Lawlor).
Electronic Media and Politics 1(10): 143-57 (November 2012).
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Scientific Assessments of Climate Change Information in News and Entertainment Media.
(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Science Communication 34(4):435-59 (August 2012).
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Authors’ Response: Improving News Coverage in the 2012 Presidential Campaign and Beyond.
(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Politics & Policy 40(4): 547-556 (August 2012).
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