Sorting your way out: Perceived party positions, political knowledge, and polarization
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political Science, Band 52, Heft 4, S. 479-501
ISSN: 1741-1416
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In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political Science, Band 52, Heft 4, S. 479-501
ISSN: 1741-1416
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political science ; official journal of the Dutch Political Science Association (Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek)
ISSN: 0001-6810
In: International journal of public opinion research, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 235-244
ISSN: 1471-6909
In: Social science quarterly, Band 94, Heft 2, S. 569-589
ISSN: 1540-6237
ObjectivesThis study explains how behavior genetic analysis using a twin design can help us assess the validity of our measures.MethodsWe test multiple indicators of response propensity, a measure used by survey researchers to better understand the similarities and differences between survey respondents and nonrespondents. The response propensity indicators evaluated include response to follow‐up surveys and subsequent waves of a panel and the completion of a sensitive recontact information sheet to aid subsequent recontact efforts.ResultsA classical and the newly proposed method of validation all point to insufficient validity of our response propensity measures. Construct validation using data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States exhibited little correlation between indicators. Genetic analysis suggests that the success of subsequent data‐collection efforts is predominantly driven by additive genetic effects, while nonresponse to inquiries for recontact information is influenced predominantly by familial environmental predictors.ConclusionOur results indicate that different underlying constructs drive the response propensity indicators, suggesting that nonresponse is, at minimum, multidimensional.
In: Sage open, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 215824402091944
ISSN: 2158-2440
Online incivility and harassment in political communication have become an important topic of concern among politicians, journalists, and academics. This study provides a descriptive account of uncivil interactions between citizens and politicians on Twitter. We develop a conceptual framework for understanding the dynamics of incivility at three distinct levels: macro (temporal), meso (contextual), and micro (individual). Using longitudinal data from the Twitter communication mentioning Members of Congress in the United States across a time span of over a year and relying on supervised machine learning methods and topic models, we offer new insights about the prevalence and dynamics of incivility toward legislators. We find that uncivil tweets represent consistently around 18% of all tweets mentioning legislators, but with spikes that correspond to controversial policy debates and political events. Although we find evidence of coordinated attacks, our analysis reveals that the use of uncivil language is common to a large number of users.
In: Journal of information technology & politics: JITP, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 303-324
ISSN: 1933-169X
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 60, Heft 2, S. 376-396
ISSN: 1475-6765
AbstractWhy do some issues receive more interest from the public, while others do not? This paper develops a theoretical and empirical approach that explains the degree to which issues expand from the elite to the public. We examine how candidates in the 2014 European Parliament elections talked about EU issues, in comparison to other political issues. We rely on data collected from Twitter and use a combination of human coding and machine learning to analyse what facilitates interactions from the public. We find that most political actors did not try to engage with the public about EU issues, and lack of engagement results in less interactions from the general public. Our findings contribute to understanding why EU issues still play a secondary role in European politics, but at the same time highlight what low‐cost communicational tools might be useful to overcome this expansion deficit.
In: Political communication: an international journal, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 329-349
ISSN: 1091-7675
In: Journal of communication, Band 66, Heft 6, S. 1007-1031
ISSN: 1460-2466