Political disagreement : the survival of diverse opinions within communication networks /

Huckfeldt, R. Robert.

Political disagreement : the survival of diverse opinions within communication networks / Robert Huckfeldt, Paul E. Johnson, John Sprague. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xxi, 249 pages) : illustrations - - Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology . - Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.

Communication, influence, and the capacity of citizens to disagree -- New information, old information, and persistent disagreement -- Dyads, networks, and autoregressive influence -- Disagreement, heterogeneity, and the effectiveness of political communication -- Disagreement, heterogeneity, and persuasion : how does disagreement survive? -- Agent-based explanations, patterns of communication, and the inevitability of homogeneity -- Agent-based explanations, autoregressive influence, and the survival of disagreement -- Heterogeneous networks and citizen capacity : disagreement, ambivalence, and engagement -- Summary, implications, and conclusion -- The Indianapolis -- St. Louis study. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. App. A.

Political disagreement is widespread within the communication network of ordinary citizens. The authors demonstrate the ubiquity of such disagreement & show that communication & influence within dyads is autoregressive & that this serves to sustain disagreement within patterns of social interaction.


English.

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Communication in politics.
Political participation.
Consensus (Social sciences)
Public opinion.
Democracy.
Communication politique.
Participation politique.
Consensus (Sciences sociales)
Opinion publique.
Démocratie.
democracy.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Communication in politics.
Consensus (Social sciences)
Democracy.
Political participation.
Public opinion.
Politieke communicatie.
Publieke opinie.
Consensus.
Politieke conflicten.


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