The Influence of Fiction Versus Nonfiction on Political Attitudes     

Xiaoxia Cao 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(1):83-92

An experiment was conducted to test the influence of fictional versus real events portrayed in videos (defined by the fiction versus nonfiction labels of the videos) on political attitudes. It found that the labels interacted with individual differences in need for cognition (NC) to influence participants' support for social welfare programs such that introducing the videos as fictional films versus documentaries produced more support among low-NC participants but had little impact among high-NC participants. The interaction effect was explained by the extent to which participants argued against the videos. The findings not only shed light on the relative persuasiveness of fictional and nonfictional media messages but also suggest how people may process these messages.  相似文献   

Who benefits from Twitter? Social media and political competition in the U.S. House of Representatives     

Sounman Hong 《Government Information Quarterly》2013

Many researchers have assumed that social media will reduce inequalities between elite politicians and those outside the political mainstream and that it will thus benefit democracy, as it circumvents the traditional media that focus too much on a few elite politicians. I test this assumption by investigating the association between U.S. Representatives using Twitter and their fundraising. Evidence suggests that (1) politicians' adoptions of social media have yielded increased donations from outside their constituencies but little from within their own constituencies; (2) politicians with extreme ideologies tend to benefit more from their social media adoptions; and (3) the political use of social media may yield a more unequal distribution of financial resources among candidates. Finally, I discuss the implications of these findings for political equality, polarization, and democracy.  相似文献   

Validity of the verbal immediacy scale   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Rena Y. Robinson  Virginia P. Richmond 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(1):80-84

The development and use of the verbal immediacy scale (Gorham, 1988) are outlined and discussed. Data are presented which bring into question the validity of the measure. It is concluded that the scale may not be a valid operationalization of the immediacy construct as outlined by Mehrabian (1971) and, even if it is, it generates a response set such that the meaning of the responses obtained is unknown. The scale is not recommended for continued use in communication research prior to its reformulation and additional testing for validity.  相似文献   

Political Parody and Public Culture   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Robert Hariman 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(3):247-272

Parody and related forms of political humor are essential resources for sustaining democratic public culture. They do so by exposing the limits of public speech, transforming discursive demands into virtual images, setting those images before a carnivalesque audience, and celebrating social leveling while decentering all discourses within the “immense novel” of the public address system. Parody culminates in modern laughter, which is the shock of delighted dislocation when mediation is revealed. That laughter provides a rhetorical education for engaged spectatorship.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Leah Sprain  John Gastil 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(2):151-171

To advance deliberative theory and practice, this study considers the experiences of trial jurors who engaged in deliberation. Conceptualized as a speech event, this article inductively explores the deliberative rules and premises articulated by jurors. Jurors believe deliberation should be rigorous and democratic, including speaking opportunities for all, open-minded consideration of different views, and respectful listening. Jurors actively consider information, but face-to-face deliberation is essential for thoroughly processing evidence. Although emotions should not influence the final verdict, participants report that emotions often reinforce deliberative norms. These results inform theory and deliberative experiences in and beyond the jury.  相似文献   

Working Through Political Entertainment: How Negative Emotion and Narrative Engagement Encourage Political Discussion Intent in Young Americans     

Kristen D. Landreville  Heather L. LaMarre 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(2):200-220

This study examines how a political entertainment film (Man of the Year) can impact an individual's political discussion intent after the same political topic is made salient in a subsequent news story. In addition, a process of communication influence is assessed when the roles of negative emotion and narrative engagement are considered as potential mediators of the relationship between political entertainment film viewing and political discussion intent. Seven hypotheses serve as the foundation for this experimental study, and structural equation modeling was used to test these hypotheses. Results reveal there was no direct influence of political entertainment film viewing on political discussion intent, but there was an indirect effect through negative emotion. Furthermore, narrative engagement emerged as a predictor of political discussion intent and a mediator of the association between negative emotion and political discussion intent.  相似文献   

Listening to victims: Use of a Critical Incident Reporting System to enable adult victims of childhood sexual abuse to participate in a political reappraisal process in Germany     

Miriam Rassenhofer  Nina SpröberThekla Schneider  Jörg M. Fegert 《Child abuse & neglect》2013

Recent revelations about the scope and severity of past child sexual abuse in German institutions set off a broad public debate on this issue, and led to the establishment of a politically appointed Round Table committee and an Independent Commissioner whose mandates were to reappraise the issue and develop recommendations for future policies. A media campaign was launched to publicize the establishment of a Critical Incident Reporting System (CIRS) whereby now-adult victims of past abuse could anonymously provide testimonials and let policy makers know what issues were important to them. Respondents could either call a hotline number or communicate by mail or email. The information collected was documented and analyzed by a research team, and the results of interim reports were included in the recommendations of the Independent Commissioner and the Round Table committee. Most of the respondents described severe and repeated occurrences of childhood sexual abuse. For many, priorities were improvements in therapy and counseling services, the abolishment of the statute of limitations on prosecuting offenders, and financial compensation. Based on the recommendations of the Round Table and the Independent Commissioner, two new laws were adopted as well as an action plan and some guidelines. In addition to rules for recompensation of victims in an institutional context a fund for victims of sexual abuse in intrafamilial context was established by the Federal Government. Another effect of this process was raising societal sensitivity to the problem of child sexual abuse. The use of a CIRS enabled those directly affected by childhood sexual abuse to have some input into a political process designed to address this issue. Such an approach could have applicability in other countries or in other domains of public health and other forms of societal conflict as well.  相似文献   

The Influence of Parodies on Mental Models: Exploring the Tina Fey–Sarah Palin Phenomenon     

Sarah Esralew  Dannagal Goldthwaite Young 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(3):338-352

During the 2008 presidential campaign season, Tina Fey's timely impersonations of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live attracted overwhelming attention, both on television and online. Throughout the campaign, press buzzed about a possible “Fey Effect”: a negative impact of Fey's impersonations on Palin's favorability ratings and a subsequent decline in the GOP ticket. The current study seeks to test for this effect by measuring if Fey's impersonations of Palin rendered caricatured traits more salient in viewers' mental constructions of the candidate, namely character traits central to the Fey impersonation, including issues of intelligence, competence, experience and the Governor's rural background. Findings show that exposure to both the interview and its parody cause viewers to devote more cognitive attention to Palin's intelligence, competence and experience. In addition, the SNL parody is unique in its influence in rendering rural traits more salient in associations with Palin. Ultimately, this research finds that the agency of influence rests in the real Palin, allowing us to establish evidence of a “Palin Effect.”  相似文献   

提升大学生网络求职风险能力教育的研究     

胡继东 《阜阳师范学院学报(社会科学版)》2013,(2)

伴随着网络求职模式的蓬勃发展,大学生在网络求职过程中存在的风险也随之而来,而思想政治教育以其特有的功能在大学生网络求职过程中发挥着巨大的作用,是一种应对风险的有效策略。网络求职中存在的风险对于大学生具有双重作用,在此基础上提出大学生自身和学校思想政治教育工作如何帮助提升大学生在网络求职中抵御风险能力的对策。  相似文献   

高校思想政治教育中的态度免疫效应     

唐映红 《乐山师范学院学报》2013,28(5):92-95

文章从社会心理学角度分析了目前高校思想政治教育中的态度免疫效应,并初步探讨了导致这种态度抵制现象的原因,以及对策。提出,要避免教育过程和教学效果的态度抵制现象,应努力使课程内容弹性化,保持与社会和时代变化的同步;教学过程灵活化,提高课程的吸引力;强化与实践的结合,抓住活动教育的最佳契机。同时,文章亦提供了如何利用社会心理学的态度免疫效应来加强高校政治思想政治教育效果的思路。  相似文献