Political Discussion
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This is the presentation I gave for the Jesse Jones Fellowship at the College of Communication of the University of Texas at Austin in Fall 2009. Explains an overview of my research on citizens' political talk and why it matters.
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Political Discussion
- 1. Informal Political Conversations, Social Networks and Participation in Public Life Sebasti án Valenzuela School of Journalism Jesse Jones Fellowship Presentation October 2008
- 3. New approach to an old idea… Gabriel Tarde (1890s) Alexis de Tocqueville (1830s) Paul Lazarsfeld (1940s) Jurgen Habermas (1960s)
- 7. And the news media???
- 12. Political Knowledge OPTIMISTIC VIEW: People who don’t follow the news can learn from discussion with others OR PESSIMISTIC VIEW: For people who follow the news, discussing too much can hinder their political learning
- 13. Self-Efficacy Network disagreement strengthens the positive relationship between news and political self-efficacy, particularly among those who discuss frequently. SO Talkative news junkies with heterogeneous networks have extremely high political efficacy!
- 20. Results
Editor's Notes
- Citizens’ discussions are a central tenet of democracy Communication theory supports the link between discussion and participation. E.g.,: Two step flow of information (Katz & Lazarsfeld, 1955) Communication mediation model (Shah et al., 2001, 2005)
- Formal vs. Informal: Structured deliberation: formal, with rules, in public settings. E.g., Congress, juries, deliberative polls elites Informal public discussion: informal, unstructured, in public settings. E.g., parties, interest groups, work, churches, school boards, town hall elites and some citizens Casual political talk: informal, unstructured, in private settings. E.g., family dinner, friends citizens’ modal form of political talk Interpersonal vs. CMC: Internet has opened new venues for discussion (e.g., blogs, SNS, chatrooms) What we talk to: Quality argumentation and level of information (Gastil, 2008) Who we talk to: Heterogeneity of discussants (Mutz, 2006)
- News as antecedent of talk News as a consequence of talk Talk is more persuasive than news, but news is more informative Talk is an amplifier and/or mediator of news effects