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This book asks: what are extreme television media, and are they
actually bad for American politics? Taylor explores these
questions, and how these media affect political knowledge, trust,
efficacy, tolerance, policy attitudes, and political behaviors.
Using experiments and data from the National Annenberg Election
Study, this book shows how extreme media create both positive and
negative externalities in American politics. Many criticize these
media because of their bombastic nature, but bombast and affect
also create positive effects for some consumers. Previous research
shows partisan media exacerbate polarization, and those findings
are taken further on immigration policy here. However, they also
increase political knowledge, increase internal efficacy, and cause
their viewers to engage in informal political behaviors like
political discussion and advocacy. The findings suggest there is
much to be gained from these media market entrepreneurs, and we
should be wary of painting with too broad a brush about their
negative effects.
Political Advocacy and American Politics provides a detailed
explanation as to why citizens engage in interpersonal advocacy in
the United States. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor eloquently
show how the campaigns, social media, and personality and
partisanship affect one's propensity for candidates, which often
leads to arguments about politics. Using original qualitative,
survey, and experimental studies, Richey and Taylor demonstrate the
causes of political advocacy over time in the political environment
and at the individual level. While some worry about the incivility
in American politics, Richey and Taylor argue political talk, where
conflict is common, is caused by high-activity democratic processes
and normatively beneficial individual attributes. Furthermore,
Richey and Taylor argue that advocacy-when conceptualized as a
democratic "release valve"-is exactly the kind of conflict we might
expect in a vibrant democracy. Political Advocacy and American
Politics: Why People Fight So Often About Politics is ideal for
university students and researchers, yet it is also accessible to
any reader looking to learn more about the role campaigns and
personal attributes play in the decision to advocate.
Social networking fascinates scholars, pundits, and a billion
Facebook users. This book shows that whom we know has a vast impact
on our political beliefs, actions, and abilities. Prior scholarship
has shown that networks are crucial to explaining everything from
how bills get through Congress, why people vote, how NGO's become
successful in developing nations, and much more; yet an in-depth
analysis of the social basis of the rationality is missing. To fill
this void, The Social Basis of the Rational Citizen provides the
first empirical analysis of the most important hypothesized effect
of social network influence on politics: social cognition. Through
new lab experiments and survey data, this book shows that
decision-making in groups promotes more rational choices and better
citizenship. Thus, advice and learning derived from social network
contacts are shown to be the basis of decision-making for the
rational citizen.
For the first time in human history, access to information on
almost any topic is accessible through the Internet. A powerful
extraction system is needed to disseminate this knowledge, which
for most users is Google. Google Search is an extremely powerful
and important component to American political life in the
twenty-first century, yet its influence is poorly researched or
understood. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor explore for the
first time the influence of Google on American politics,
specifically on direct democracy. Using original experiments and
nationally representative cross-sectional data, Richey and Taylor
show how Google Search returns quality information, that users
click on quality information, and gain political knowledge and
other contingent benefits. Additionally, they correlate Google
usage with real-world voting behavior on direct democracy. Building
a theory of Google Search use for ballot measures, Google and
Democracy is an original addition to the literature on the direct
democracy, Internet politics, and information technology. An
indispensable read to all those wishing to gain new insights on how
the Internet has the power to be a normatively valuable resource
for citizens.
This book asks: what are extreme television media, and are they
actually bad for American politics? Taylor explores these
questions, and how these media affect political knowledge, trust,
efficacy, tolerance, policy attitudes, and political behaviors.
Using experiments and data from the National Annenberg Election
Study, this book shows how extreme media create both positive and
negative externalities in American politics. Many criticize these
media because of their bombastic nature, but bombast and affect
also create positive effects for some consumers. Previous research
shows partisan media exacerbate polarization, and those findings
are taken further on immigration policy here. However, they also
increase political knowledge, increase internal efficacy, and cause
their viewers to engage in informal political behaviors like
political discussion and advocacy. The findings suggest there is
much to be gained from these media market entrepreneurs, and we
should be wary of painting with too broad a brush about their
negative effects.
For the first time in human history, access to information on
almost any topic is accessible through the Internet. A powerful
extraction system is needed to disseminate this knowledge, which
for most users is Google. Google Search is an extremely powerful
and important component to American political life in the
twenty-first century, yet its influence is poorly researched or
understood. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor explore for the
first time the influence of Google on American politics,
specifically on direct democracy. Using original experiments and
nationally representative cross-sectional data, Richey and Taylor
show how Google Search returns quality information, that users
click on quality information, and gain political knowledge and
other contingent benefits. Additionally, they correlate Google
usage with real-world voting behavior on direct democracy. Building
a theory of Google Search use for ballot measures, Google and
Democracy is an original addition to the literature on the direct
democracy, Internet politics, and information technology. An
indispensable read to all those wishing to gain new insights on how
the Internet has the power to be a normatively valuable resource
for citizens.
Political Advocacy and American Politics provides a detailed
explanation as to why citizens engage in interpersonal advocacy in
the United States. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor eloquently
show how the campaigns, social media, and personality and
partisanship affect one's propensity for candidates, which often
leads to arguments about politics. Using original qualitative,
survey, and experimental studies, Richey and Taylor demonstrate the
causes of political advocacy over time in the political environment
and at the individual level. While some worry about the incivility
in American politics, Richey and Taylor argue political talk, where
conflict is common, is caused by high-activity democratic processes
and normatively beneficial individual attributes. Furthermore,
Richey and Taylor argue that advocacy-when conceptualized as a
democratic "release valve"-is exactly the kind of conflict we might
expect in a vibrant democracy. Political Advocacy and American
Politics: Why People Fight So Often About Politics is ideal for
university students and researchers, yet it is also accessible to
any reader looking to learn more about the role campaigns and
personal attributes play in the decision to advocate.
Social networking fascinates scholars, pundits, and a billion
Facebook users. This book shows that whom we know has a vast impact
on our political beliefs, actions, and abilities. Prior scholarship
has shown that networks are crucial to explaining everything from
how bills get through Congress, why people vote, how NGO's become
successful in developing nations, and much more; yet an in-depth
analysis of the social basis of the rationality is missing. To fill
this void, The Social Basis of the Rational Citizen provides the
first empirical analysis of the most important hypothesized effect
of social network influence on politics: social cognition. Through
new lab experiments and survey data, this book shows that
decision-making in groups promotes more rational choices and better
citizenship. Thus, advice and learning derived from social network
contacts are shown to be the basis of decision-making for the
rational citizen.
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