Dr. Phil Meets the Candidates: How Family Life and Personal Experience Produce Political Discussions

Zoonen, Liesbet van; Müller, Floris; Alinejad, Donya; Dekker, Marleen; Duits, Linda; Vis, Pauline van Romondt; Wittenberg, Wendy

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“…van Zoonen et al, 2007). They expose private details only when it is politically relevant (e.g., absence through illness or pregnancy)-or when something is impossible to hide from the media (the extreme weight loss of one respondent).…”

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Personalization according to politicians: A practice theoretical analysis of mediatization

Driessens¹,

Raeymaeckers²,

Verstraeten³

et al. 2010

Communications

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This article addresses these shortcomings by studying politicians' personalization, not as a product of media logic but by looking at politicians' media-related practices and the media's anchoring of practices. Our in-depth interviews with Flemish politicians show that politicians' practices are in many ways organized by the media, but at the same time aim to retain control over them. Practices related to image-building and the constitution of the private-public boundary demonstrate this. We conclude that practice theory offers great potential for mediatization research but needs further empirical application.

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Section: The Privatementioning

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Personalization according to politicians: A practice theoretical analysis of mediatization

Driessens¹,

Raeymaeckers²,

Verstraeten³

et al. 2010

Communications

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“…Little is known about how such source credibility claims impact audiences, but enticing anecdotal evidence suggests eyewitness authority may be distinctively powerful in online political communication. Research in another online political context revealed that factual evidence was contested, but personal experience was accepted as incontrovertible (van Zoonen et al., ). The rumor community's personal experiences may thus be a uniquely powerful tool for resisting the scientific discourse in debunking messages.…”

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Rumor Communities: The Social Dimensions of Internet Political Misperceptions*

Edy

Risley-Baird

2016

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective. This study illuminates the communicative and social qualities of naturally occurring public resistance to authoritative debunking of political misperceptions, rumors, and conspiracy theories. Developing the concept of a "rumor community," it highlights aspects of rumoring processes overlooked by psychological approaches common in misperception research. Methods. Over 2,000 user-generated comments from the "vaccines cause autism" rumor community, produced as the medical study that had sparked the rumor was retracted and ultimately denounced as fraudulent, are examined for their contribution to the public conversation about vaccine safety. Results. Rumor community members publicly counterargue debunking messages, which creates a communication environment offering argumentative resources to community members and reaffirming the community's solidarity. Members assert their credibility to gain authority to speak, countering science with personal experience. Highlighting their interconnection with more conventional social groups and venerable social truisms, members generate discourse that legitimates their beliefs. Conclusions. The process of rumor debunking does not solely involve psychological persuasion but must also account for the social geography of rumor communities and their contributions to the communication environment.

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“…Unlocated citizenship refers to a voicing of one's opinion that is independent from institutions or communal entities. In a similar vein, van Zoonen et al (2007) conclude, in an analysis of the American TV show Dr Phil, that online forums and boards provide a space for giving an account of one's political standpoint and opinions, as well as offering a platform for mutual exchange.…”

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Being a Young Citizen in Estonia: An Exploration of Young People’s Civic and Media Experiences

Kaun¹

2013

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Dr. Phil Meets the Candidates: How Family Life and Personal Experience Produce Political Discussions

Cited by 25 publications

References 22 publications

Personalization according to politicians: A practice theoretical analysis of mediatization

Personalization according to politicians: A practice theoretical analysis of mediatization

Rumor Communities: The Social Dimensions of Internet Political Misperceptions*

Being a Young Citizen in Estonia: An Exploration of Young People’s Civic and Media Experiences

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