Research
Publications
Published in Political Behavior, 2025
This paper examines how cultural and economic party polarization translate into affective polarization across Germany’s 16 states from 1990-2023, showing that cultural divides fuel voter hostility primarily in the presence of the far-right AfD.
Recommended citation: Paltra, Dylan, Marius Sältzer, and Christian Stecker. 2025. "Affective States: Cultural and Affective Polarization in a Multilevel-Multiparty System". Political Behavior (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-025-10088-6
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Published in Journalism, 2024
A content analysis of German news websites examining how journalists’ use of X (Twitter) posts inside and outside the 2021 German election campaign affects the deliberative quality of news coverage.
Recommended citation: Oschatz, Corinna, Teresa Gil-Lopez, Dylan Paltra, Sebastian Stier, and Tanjev Schultz. 2024. "Social Media Posts as Source for Political News Coverage Inside and Outside Election Campaigns: Examining Effects on Deliberative News Media Quality." Journalism 25(8): 1638–1656. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241231698
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Working Papers
Diener, Julius, and Dylan Paltra. (2026). How politicians objectify women in political discourse.
Paltra, Dylan. (2026). Sitting On The Fence: Examining intra-party heterogeneity in group appeals.
Paltra, Dylan, Bartolomeo Cappellina, Christopher Wratil, Simon Fernezelyi, and Lóránt Ó hAnnracháin. (2024). The Citizens’ Concept of Representation: Evidence from an Open-Ended Questions Survey
Versteegen, Luca, Dylan Paltra, Christopher Wratil. (2024). The Consequences of Experiencing Political Representation: From Emotions to Actions.
Schmidt, Felix, Dylan Paltra, Lena Masch, Marius Sältzer. (2024). Narcissistic Politicians Post More Self‑Promotional Images on Social Media.
Paltra, Dylan, and Karsten Donnay. (2023). More Diverse Than They Think: Citizens’ (Mis)perceptions of Diversity in Their News Consumption.
