In-Your-Face Politics : : The Consequences of Uncivil Media / / Diana C. Mutz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Mutz, Diana C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 46 line illus. 2 tables.

Americans are disgusted with watching politicians screaming and yelling at one another on television. But does all the noise really make a difference? Drawing on numerous studies, Diana Mutz provides the first comprehensive look at the consequences of in-your-face politics. Her book contradicts the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. What Is "In-Your- Face" Politics?
• Part I. What Difference Does It Make? The Effects of In-Your- Face Political Television
• Chapter 2. The Consequences of In-Your- Face Politics for Arousal and Memory
• Chapter 3. Effects on Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of the Opposition
• Chapter 4. The Costs of In-Your- Face Politics for Political Trust
• Part II. When Does In-Your- Face Politics Matter?
• Chapter 5. Real-World Contexts
• Chapter 6. Who Watches This Stuff Anyway? The Audience for In-Your- Face Politics
• Part III. Historical Implications for Political Television
• Chapter 7. Does the Medium Matter?
• Chapter 8. How Politics on Television Has Changed
• Chapter 9. Making Politics Palatable: Political Television in an Era of Choice
• Appendix A. Summary of Experimental Designs
• Appendix B. Summary of Experimental Dependent Variables
• Appendix C. National Survey Questions for Orientation toward Conflict Communication Scales
• Appendix D. Coding Form for Political Television Programs
• Appendix E. Coding Instructions for Televised Conflicts
• Notes
• References
• Index