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Over five decades of research has made clear that social networks
can have an important impact on our political behavior.
Specifically, when we engage in political conversation within these
networks we develop connections that increase the likelihood that
we will become politically active. Yet, most studies of political
behavior focus on individuals, rather than the effects of networks
on political behavior. Furthermore, any studies of networks have,
by and large, been based on White Americans. Given what we know
about the ways in which neighborhood, cultural, friend, and family
networks tend to segregate along ethnic and racial lines, the
authors of this book argue that we can assume that political
networks segregate in much the same way. This book draws on
quantitative and qualitative analyses of 4000 White American,
African American, Latino, and Asian American people to explore
inter and intra-ethnoracial differences in social network
composition, size, partisanship, policy attitudes, and homophily in
political and civic engagement. The book thus makes three key
contributions: 1) it provides, for the first time, detailed
comparative analysis of how political networks vary across and
within ethnoracial groups; 2) demonstrates how historical
differences in partisanship, policy attitudes, and engagement are
reflected within groups' social networks; and, 3) reveals the
impact that networks can have on individuals' political and civic
engagement.
Why are political conversations uncomfortable for so many people?
The current literature focuses on the structure of people's
discussion networks and the frequency with which they talk about
politics, but not the dynamics of the conversations themselves. In
What Goes Without Saying, Taylor N. Carlson and Jaime E. Settle
investigate how Americans navigate these discussions in their daily
lives, with particular attention to the decision-making process
around when and how to broach politics. The authors use a
multi-methods approach to unpack what they call the 4D Framework of
political conversation: identifying the ways that people detect
others' views, decide whether to talk, discuss their opinions
honestly-or not, and determine whether they will repeat the
experience in the future. In developing a framework for studying
and explaining political discussion as a social process, What Goes
Without Saying will set the agenda for research in political
science, psychology, communication, and sociology for decades to
come.
Why are political conversations uncomfortable for so many people?
The current literature focuses on the structure of people's
discussion networks and the frequency with which they talk about
politics, but not the dynamics of the conversations themselves. In
What Goes Without Saying, Taylor N. Carlson and Jaime E. Settle
investigate how Americans navigate these discussions in their daily
lives, with particular attention to the decision-making process
around when and how to broach politics. The authors use a
multi-methods approach to unpack what they call the 4D Framework of
political conversation: identifying the ways that people detect
others' views, decide whether to talk, discuss their opinions
honestly-or not, and determine whether they will repeat the
experience in the future. In developing a framework for studying
and explaining political discussion as a social process, What Goes
Without Saying will set the agenda for research in political
science, psychology, communication, and sociology for decades to
come.
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