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Disrespectful Democracy : The Psychology of Political Incivility / Emily Sydnor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource : 25 figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231189248
  • 9780231548250
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.20973 23
LOC classification:
  • JA74.5 .S948 2019
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. INTEGRATING THE POLITICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL -- 2. THE POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFLICT COMMUNICATION -- 3. TO LAUGH OR CRY? Emotional Responses to Incivility -- 4. CHOOSING OUTRAGE: Selective Exposure and Information Search -- 5. MIMICRY AND TEMPER TANTRUMS: Political Discussion and Engagement -- 6. A MORE DISRESPECTFUL DEMOCRACY? -- Appendix A: Additional Study Information -- Appendix B: Statistical Models and Results -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: The majority of Americans think that politics has an "incivility problem" and that this problem is only getting worse. Research demonstrates that negativity and rudeness in politics have been increasing for decades. But how does this tide of impolite-to-outrageous language affect our reactions to media coverage and our political behavior?Disrespectful Democracy offers a new account of the relationship between incivility and political behavior based on a key individual predisposition-conflict orientation. Individuals experience conflict in different ways; some enjoy arguments while others are uncomfortable and avoid confrontation. Drawing on a range of original surveys and experiments, Emily Sydnor contends that the rise of incivility in political media has transformed political involvement. Citizens now need to be able to tolerate or even welcome incivility in the public sphere in order to participate in the democratic process. Yet individuals who are turned off by incivility are not brought back in by civil presentation of issues. Sydnor considers the challenges in evaluating incivility's normative benefits and harms to the political system: despite some detrimental aspects, certain levels of incivility in certain venues can promote political engagement, and confrontational behavior can be a vital tool in the citizen's democratic arsenal. A rigorous and empirically informed analysis of political rhetoric and behavior, Disrespectful Democracy also proposes strategies to engage citizens across the range of conflict orientations.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. INTEGRATING THE POLITICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL -- 2. THE POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFLICT COMMUNICATION -- 3. TO LAUGH OR CRY? Emotional Responses to Incivility -- 4. CHOOSING OUTRAGE: Selective Exposure and Information Search -- 5. MIMICRY AND TEMPER TANTRUMS: Political Discussion and Engagement -- 6. A MORE DISRESPECTFUL DEMOCRACY? -- Appendix A: Additional Study Information -- Appendix B: Statistical Models and Results -- Notes -- References -- Index

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The majority of Americans think that politics has an "incivility problem" and that this problem is only getting worse. Research demonstrates that negativity and rudeness in politics have been increasing for decades. But how does this tide of impolite-to-outrageous language affect our reactions to media coverage and our political behavior?Disrespectful Democracy offers a new account of the relationship between incivility and political behavior based on a key individual predisposition-conflict orientation. Individuals experience conflict in different ways; some enjoy arguments while others are uncomfortable and avoid confrontation. Drawing on a range of original surveys and experiments, Emily Sydnor contends that the rise of incivility in political media has transformed political involvement. Citizens now need to be able to tolerate or even welcome incivility in the public sphere in order to participate in the democratic process. Yet individuals who are turned off by incivility are not brought back in by civil presentation of issues. Sydnor considers the challenges in evaluating incivility's normative benefits and harms to the political system: despite some detrimental aspects, certain levels of incivility in certain venues can promote political engagement, and confrontational behavior can be a vital tool in the citizen's democratic arsenal. A rigorous and empirically informed analysis of political rhetoric and behavior, Disrespectful Democracy also proposes strategies to engage citizens across the range of conflict orientations.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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