Talk Radio Listening, Opinion Expression and Political Discussion in a Democratizing Society

Lee, Francis

doi:10.1080/01292980601114588

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“…The findings also contribute to the existing research about talk radio in Hong Kong. While past research has addressed the influence of talk radio listening (Lee, 2002(Lee, , 2007b, there have not been studies about how people perceive the influence of the medium. But the question of perceived influence is highly important because it arguably contributes significantly to the medium's prominence in the city.…”

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“…However, a number of current talk radio hosts, though less prominent than their predecessors, are still recognizably pro-democracy. Survey research conducted after 2004 continued to demonstrate a linkage between talk radio listening and support for democratization (Lee, 2007b). More generally, So and Lee (2007) argue that talk radio continues to serve as the people's forum in the city.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While talk radio in the city has been examined from other perspectives in the past (e.g., Lee, 2002Lee, , 2007bMa & Chan, 2006;So & Lee, 2007), no study has tied it to the notion of perceived influence. Hence this study should further our understanding of the influence of talk radio in the city.…”

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Taking Message-Attitude Congruence as Media Effects: Examining Perceived Influence of Political Talk Radio in Hong Kong

Lee

2011

Journal of Radio & Audio Media

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This study examines how people perceive the influence of political talk radio in Hong Kong. Theoretically, the study focuses on the influence of messageattitude congruence, that is, the situation in which a person's opinions or attitudes are consistent with the viewpoints promulgated by media messages, on the third-person perception. It is argued that message-attitude congruence provides a situation in which people may attribute their attitudes partly to media influence. Hence message-attitude congruence is expected to relate to increased levels of perceived media influence on self, and thereby weaken the size of the third-person differential. Moreover, it is hypothesized that attribution of media influence should be more likely when people perceive the media influence as desirable and when there is the absence of alternative sources of influence. These arguments were tested with a telephone survey (N D 800) in Hong Kong, where political talk radio has been a prominent medium in the past decade. The results support the theoretical arguments and contribute to our understanding of the significance of the medium in the city. The broader theoretical implications of the findings are also discussed.

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Taking Message-Attitude Congruence as Media Effects: Examining Perceived Influence of Political Talk Radio in Hong Kong

Lee

2011

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“…During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, for example, popular morning talk radio host Albert Cheng even acquired the nickname of 'Chief Executive of Hong Kong before 10 a.m.' (Ma and Chan, 2006). Through survey studies, Lee (2002Lee ( , 2007 showed that talk radio serves as a platform for citizens, especially those with pro-democracy viewpoints, to share their views. So and Lee (2007), on the other hand, saw talk radio as 'the people's council' in the city.…”

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Host power and triadic conversation management in Hong Kong talk radio

Lee

2013

Discourse & Communication

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Past research on talk radio discourses has illustrated the crucial role of the hosts in managing the conversation and shaping the voices of callers. However, past research focused mostly on dyadic host-caller interactions. Radio talk shows in Hong Kong, in contrast, often have more than one host. This study is interested in the implications of the triadic setting of radio talk shows in Hong Kong. It uses Radio Television Hong Kong's evening program Open Line Open View as a case study. Employing the techniques of conversation analysis, this study replicates some of past studies' findings about the source of host power. More importantly, the analysis shows that the second host in a triadic setting can play three important roles: the program conductor, the buffer, and the counterweight. The micro-level interactional patterns have important implications for the overall character of the program itself and the role of talk radio in the politics of public opinion in Hong Kong. More generally, this study illustrates the utility of paying attention to the differences between dyads and triads in the microsociological analysis of conversations in broadcast media.

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“…This has increased skepticism regarding the key proposition of the spiral of silence and stimulated a renewed interest in augmenting the theory. As a result, researchers have shifted their focus to other variables that might affect outspokenness-which include, among others, one's interest in politics (Kim, Han, Shanahan, & Berdayes, 2004), attention to news (Lee, 2007), efficacy (Huang, 2005), communication apprehension (Neuwirth, Frederick, & Mayo, 2007), willingness to self-censor (Hayes, Glynn, & Shanahan, 2005), and dispositional fear of isolation (Matthes, Hayes, & Shen, 2009).…”

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Social Capital and the Spiral of Silence

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Hmielowski

Kushin

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International Journal of Public Opinion Research

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This study explores the role of social capital in the spiral of silence process and investigates whether (1) individual-level indicators of social capital are associated with willingness to express opinions, (2) individual-level indicators of social capital are associated with the perception that others support one's opinions, and (3) perceived support for one's opinions mediates the proposed relationship between individual-level social capital and willingness to express opinions. Three commonly examined individual-level indicators of social capital were analyzed-civic engagement, trust, and neighborliness. Results of a representative survey conducted on Guam showed that civic engagement had a direct effect on willingness to express opinions. Neighborliness and trust had direct positive effects on perceived support for one's opinions, which in turn, were positively related to willingness to express opinions. Implications were discussed.

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Talk Radio Listening, Opinion Expression and Political Discussion in a Democratizing Society

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

Taking Message-Attitude Congruence as Media Effects: Examining Perceived Influence of Political Talk Radio in Hong Kong

Taking Message-Attitude Congruence as Media Effects: Examining Perceived Influence of Political Talk Radio in Hong Kong

Host power and triadic conversation management in Hong Kong talk radio

Social Capital and the Spiral of Silence

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