Mass Responses to Growing Elite Polarization in the U.S.: Ideological Extremism and Political Awareness
In: The Korean Journal of International Studies, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 609
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In: The Korean Journal of International Studies, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 609
In: Social indicators research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, Band 124, Heft 2, S. 571-598
ISSN: 1573-0921
In: Journal of international and area studies, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 89-109
ISSN: 1226-8550
In: Journal of east Asian studies
ISSN: 2234-6643
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In: Asian perspective, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 809-838
ISSN: 2288-2871
World Affairs Online
In: International area studies review: IASR, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 334-348
ISSN: 2049-1123
This study examines the effects of viewing televised debates on political engagement. Voters consume information while viewing television debates, which can affect political engagement in a positive manner. Examining the effects of debates on political engagement, we analyze panel survey data from the 2012 Korean presidential election. According to the results, voters who view more televised debates are more likely to search for information and discuss political issues with others. The results provide evidence that viewing televised debates tends to enhance civic engagement.
In: THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 7-26
This study examines the effects of watching TV debates on voters' learning. Analyzing panel survey data conducted in the 2012 South Korean presidential election, we test whether voters learn about candidates through viewing presidential debates. In particular, this study finds that the information effects of watching TV debates are differential across individuals depending on their levels of political knowledge. The findings of this study show that viewing TV debates positively affects learning in general. Individuals are more likely to assimilate information through viewing televised debates if they watch TV debates more often and pay more attention to televised debates. Furthermore, this study reveals that the learning effects are heterogeneous across individuals according to their political knowledge. Citizens who are politically less knowledgeable, for instance, tend to learn more about candidates' campaign proposals through viewing televised debates.
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In: PS: political science & politics, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 339-354
ISSN: 1537-5935
AbstractIn studying the correlates of job satisfaction among political science faculty we confirm some findings from other disciplines, such as the relationship between institutional type and satisfaction. We demonstrate that those working in top-ranked departments or in private institutions tend to have higher levels of satisfaction with their jobs and with their contributions to the profession. Both job satisfaction and professional satisfaction tend to be highest among full professors; and greater productivity in terms of publishing is independently linked to greater levels of professional satisfaction. In contrast, comparatively higher undergraduate teaching loads undermine professional satisfaction. We also determine that men and women do not differ systematically from one another in their satisfaction levels. We do, however, document significantly lower levels of satisfaction among racial minorities in political science departments. In exploring this finding, we uncover reports of discrimination and dramatic differences in levels of collegiality experienced by different subgroups of faculty members. Experiences with discrimination undermine job satisfaction and are more frequently reported by women than men and are more common among minority faculty than nonminorities.
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 339-354
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 393-408
The justification for studying faculty research productivity is that it affects individual advancement and reputation within academe, as well as departmental and institutional prestige (Creamer 1998, iii). Publication records are an important factor in faculty performance evaluations, research grant awards, and promotion and salary decisions. The phrase "publish or perish" encapsulates the importance of research productivity to academic careers. In addition, questions are sometimes raised about whether an individual's status as a minority within academia (e.g., being a member of an underrepresented ethnic or racial group or being female in a male-dominated profession) affects his or her ability to publish or likelihood of publishing (Cole and Zuckerman 1984; Bellas and Toutkoushian 1999). Finally, most previous work that tackles the productivity causality puzzle comes from disciplines other than political science. Thus, one of the purposes of this report is to explore whether the existing findings about research productivity in other disciplines apply equally well to research productivity in political science.
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 393-409
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 7-31
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 49, Heft 19, S. 4984-5005
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Korean Journal of Sociology, Band 54, Heft 4, S. 41-82