Jae-Hee Jung

@jaeheejung.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @ricepolisci.bsky.social‬ Website: https://jaeheejung.com Books: https://bit.ly/4qFnwCh, https://bit.ly/3VQHQDs

I had the pleasure of speaking on @andyluttrell.bsky.social's fantastic podcast, Opinion Science.🎙️ We discuss my book on moral rhetoric & studies of morality in political science and psychology more generally. Andy's podcast is a fabulous source for learning and entertainment. I highly recommend! 👏

Episode 118: Making Moral Arguments with Jae-Hee Jung – Opinion Science Podcast

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Andy Luttrell@andyluttrell.bsky.social · last mo.

Is moral language in politics a recipe for polarization, or is it actually a bridge to finding common ground? Today's episode of Opinion Science features my conversation with @jaeheejung.bsky.social on the strategic language of persuasive messages in political campaigns and beyond.

Excited to have author copies!📙 I hope my new book, Shared Morals, provides stimulating thoughts about the role of morality in politics. Check it out to see how to conceptualize moral rhetoric in political discourse, what it looks like, and why it is important for party campaigns and representation.

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📙 My "Shared Morals" book is now available for purchase on Amazon, Cambridge University Press, and other places! Check out this blog I wrote for the book: cambridgeblog.org/2026/03/mora... And you can use code JUNG25 to get a 20% discount through the CUP website.

Morality and Political Communication

Political arguments often appeal to fundamental moral intuitions about right and wrong. Politicians highlight the moral basis of their views and positions.

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👇 New pub in CPS! We find that media narratives attributing inequality to a rigged economic system increase redistributive attitudes in AU, FR, DE, CH, and the UK, but not in the US. This shows the power (and limit) of fairness frames that focus on the source of inequality. doi.org/10.1177/0010...

‘The Economy is Rigged’: Inequality Narratives, Fairness, and Support for Redistribution in Six Countries - Pepper D. Culpepper, Ryan Shandler, Jae-Hee Jung, Taeku Lee, 2024

Do narratives about the causes of inequality influence support for redistribution? Scholarship suggests that information about levels of inequality does not eas...

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Pepper Culpepper@pculpepper.bsky.social · 2y ago

In a new article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Ryan Shandler, @jaeheejung.bsky.social , and Taeku Lee, we show that a fairness narrative about the causes of inequality changes redistributive attitudes in 5 advanced capitalist countries, but not in the US. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Check out this Cambridge Element! doi.org/10.1017/9781... Margit Tavits and I do not find evidence that exposing people to normalized counter-stereotypical information about gender roles increases the equitability of attitudes about gender and LGBTQ rights. Open-access until April 5.

Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality

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