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- Bakker, B. N., et al.
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Personality traits and party identification over time
- 2015
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In: European Journal of Political Research. - : Wiley. - 0304-4130 .- 1475-6765. ; 54:2, s. 197-215
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Why do some people stably identify with a party while others do not? This study tests whether and how the direction, stability and strength of party identification are associated with big five personality traits, using panel data from a representative sample of German citizens. First, the study confirms that personality traits are related to identification with different political parties. Second, it moves beyond previous research by showing that personality traits are related to the strength and variation in party identification over time. The implications of the study for the classical perspectives on party identification, as well as the personality and politics literature, are discussed.
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- Glogger, Isabella, 1981, et al.
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The world around us and the picture(s) in our heads: The effects of news media use on belief organization
- 2023
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In: Communication Monographs. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0363-7751 .- 1479-5787. ; 90:2, s. 159-180
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Since Converse [1964. The nature of belief systems in mass publics. Critical Review, 18(1-3), 1 - 74 https://doi.org/10.1080/08913810608443650] asked "What goes with what?", research tries to answer this question. How individuals perceive the world around them depending on media use has been an endeavor of studying societal beliefs of societal issues separately. Building upon literature on cognitive architecture, we study how media use shapes the formation and stability of belief structures across issues in public opinion reflected in groups of individuals. Using a three-wave panel study, we found (1) that individuals' perceptions of different issues are interconnected, (2) translating into aggregate-stable, concurring groups in public opinion, and that (3) differential media use affects the formation and stability of these groups.
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- Hopmann, D. N., et al.
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Contagious Media Effects: How Media Use and Exposure to Game-Framed News Influence Media Trust
- 2015
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In: Mass Communication and Society. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1520-5436 .- 1532-7825. ; 18:6, s. 776-798
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which trust in media is affected by personal media use and the framing of politics as a strategic game. The study is based on a four-wave panel survey matched with media content data, which allows us to investigate not only correlations but also individual-level effects on media trust. In accordance with previous research, our analyses show that the use of specific media types leads to more trust in those specific media. The results also show that media framing of politics as a strategic game has a negative effect on trust in the media. The more citizens are exposed to game-framed news, the less they tend to trust the media, with the exception of tabloid newspapers. Overall, these results lend support to the assumption of contagious effects of game-framed news. In a concluding section, we sum up our results and discuss the implications of our findings.
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