Keeping up with the latest and greatest

October 28, 2015 6:09 PM

I studied political science in college and was able to keep up with new and important studies and papers. Now that I've been out of school for a while I'm looking to get back into reading the actual research being done right now in the realm of politics. What are some good resources (online or otherwise) for me to find out what's going on in the field? Bonus points if it has to do with political communication.
posted by holmesian to Law & Government (4 answers total)

Best answer: I might check out the following blogs which often have polisci profs as contributors:
Mischiefs of Faction
Monkey Cage
538

Beyond that, I would go to an academic library and skim through some recent issues of the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Political Communication.
posted by rainbowbrite at 7:05 PM on October 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Best answer: You can get the tables of contents for journals pretty easily, including Political Communication in addition to the obvious APSR/AJPS/JOP. With title and author, you could just email the authors of interesting papers to ask for a copy or google the title and author to find the most recent conference-paper version, if one exists.

Similarly, nearly all conference schedules are online so you can look for interesting panels and either bug the authors for a copy or, more likely, just download it from the conference.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:37 PM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Best answer: UPenn's Annenberg Public Policy Center has a section of their website for political communication.
posted by tangaroo at 7:47 PM on October 28, 2015

Best answer: SSRN is a clearinghouse for papers (often prepublication draft). I use it for tax and law, but it has a pretty good polisci offering.
posted by jpe at 4:39 AM on October 29, 2015