Contextual Sources of Ambivalence

The Structure of Communication Networks Matters: How Network Diversity, Centrality, and Context Influence Political Ambivalence, Participation, and Knowledge

“…However, despite their high correlation there is clear evidence that diversity and disagreement are likely to have different effects, at least for some political outcomes ). Keele and Wolak (2008) point out that more diverse information environments lead individuals to be exposed to a higher volume of two-sided messages, which often entails Downloaded by [New York University] at 20:29 08 June 2015 mutually competing values and viewpoints that lead to ambivalent attitudes (Alvarez & Brehm, 1995;Craig, Kane, & Martinez, 2002;Mutz, 2002). Priester and Petty (2001) argue that interpersonal evaluative tensions resulting from diverse networks may produce ambivalence even when an individual holds univalent attitudes toward a political candidate.…”

Confianza Política, Valores Sociales E Ideología Política De Las Elites De Poder

“…Por otra parte, si bien el estudio tuvo un ca rácter exploratorio, al considerar planteos más vinculados a la Psicología Social que han abordado el estudio de los valores, la ideología y las actitudes políticas como modelos mentales que proveen una interpretación del medio (Caprara & Zimbardo, 2004;Feldman, 2003;Feldman & Steenbergen, 2001;Keele & Wolak, 2008;Kilburn, 2009;Zaller, 1992), los resultados obtenidos permitieron hallar diferencias sobre las orientaciones de las elites de poder político.…”

“…En este sentido, sostienen que los valores permiten organizar las preferencias políticas de una manera relativamente constante y proveen una estructura ge neral para la actitudes políticas (Caprara & Zimbardo, 2004, Feldman, 2003Feldman & Steenbergen, 2001;Keele & Wolak, 2008;Kilburn, 2009;Zaller, 1992) e influyen en las ideologías (Schwartz, 1994). Variables como Confianza política, valores e ideología de las elites de poder INTERDISCIPLINARIA, 2015, 32, 2, 223-246 los valores, la ideología política y actitudes políticas como la confianza, cumplirían la función de organizar las mediaciones cognitivas y afectivas de las personas que componen a la elite política y que resultan relevantes para la comprensión de sus compor tamientos.…”

Intramedia Moderation, Electoral Ambivalence, and Electoral Decision Making

“…There is some evidence that consuming conflicting media messages leads to higher levels of ambivalence. For example, one study found that consuming both Republican and Democratic political ads was associated with greater ambivalence (Keele & Wolak, 2008). However, no empirical work has examined the relationship between consuming Moreover, scholars have recently argued that political communication research should examine mediation and moderation in the context of combined media use (i.e., looking at combined effects of consuming a range of media messages; Holbert & Benoit, 2009).…”