Political Participation and Effects from the Social Environment

Kenny, Christopher

doi:10.2307/2111432

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“…With regard to civic talk among peers-the specific focus of this paper-the literature on social networks contends that talking about politics with the people in our immediate social environment leads us to participate in civic activities (e.g., Campbell and Wolbrecht 2006;Sprague 1991 and1995;Kenny 1992 and1994;Klofstad 2007;Lake and Huckfeldt 1998;McClurg 2003 andMutz 2002). For example, using a national social survey Lake and Huckfeldt (1998) show that the amount of political discussion occurring in an individual's network of friends correlates with his or her level of political participation.…”

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The Lasting Effect of Civic Talk on Civic Participation: Evidence from a Panel Study

Klofstad

2010

Social Forces

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Extant research shows that individuals who discuss politics and current events with their peers also participate more actively in civil society. However, this correlation is not sufficient evidence of causation due to a number of analytical biases. To address this problem, data were collected through a panel study conducted on students at a large public university in the Midwestern United States. These data show that discussing politics and current events caused these students to participate in civic activities during their first year of college. A follow-up study conducted on the same population during their fourth year of college shows that the positive effect of civic talk on civic participation still exists despite the passage of three years. Further analysis shows that the boost in civic participation initially after engaging in civic talk is the mechanism by which the effect of civic talk lasts into the future. These findings illustrate the need to account for both individual-and social-level antecedents of civic participation when studying participatory democracy.

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Section: Sociological Explanations Of Civic Participationmentioning

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The Lasting Effect of Civic Talk on Civic Participation: Evidence from a Panel Study

Klofstad

2010

Social Forces

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“…Several papers find evidence of a positive relationship between the size of social network or formal group memberships of an individual on the one hand, and voting or other forms of political participation of this individual on the other hand (Lake and Huckfeldt 1998, Leighley 1996, Knack 1992, Kenny 1992, McClurg 2003. 5 Last but not least, there is empirical evidence in favor of our result that communities with closer personal ties and higher level of social interaction present higher turnout: Oliver (2000) finds that city size decreases civic involvement and turnout in local elections in the United States, controlling for individual characteristics.…”

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Voting as a signaling device

2013

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“…1There are, of course, exceptions (e.g., Crigler and Jensen 1991;Gamson 1992;MacKuen 1990). The corpus based on a 1984 survey of South Bend, Indiana residents and their talkmates is extremely important (Huckfeldt and Sprague 1995;Kenny 1992Kenny , 1993aKenny , 1993b.…”

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Political Conversations in the United States: Who Talks to Whom, Why, and Why Not

Bennett¹,

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Resnick³

1995

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Although normative political theorists have argued that citizens talking with other citizens about public affairs is essential in a democracy, empirically oriented political scientists have tended to ignore political discussions. This paper draws on National Election Studies and General Social Surveys to plumb the extent and breadth of political conversations in the U.S. We also explore who talks about public affairs, with whom they speak, and why some people avoid discussing politics. A logit analysis of pooled National Election Studies from 1984 to 1992 shows that some factors typically thought to affect taking part in politics are not significant predictors of the probability that people will engage in political discussions, but other variables not normally included in participation models do affect talking about politics.

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Political Participation and Effects from the Social Environment

Cited by 158 publications

References 5 publications

The Lasting Effect of Civic Talk on Civic Participation: Evidence from a Panel Study

The Lasting Effect of Civic Talk on Civic Participation: Evidence from a Panel Study

Voting as a signaling device

Political Conversations in the United States: Who Talks to Whom, Why, and Why Not

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