Carlson Taylor N.
Carlson Taylor N. - Through The Grapevine Socially Transmitted Information And Distorted Democracy - Paperback
Carlson Taylor N. - Through The Grapevine Socially Transmitted Information And Distorted Democracy - Paperback
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Description: An enlightening examination of what it means when Americans rely on family and friends to stay on top of politics. Accurate information is at the heart of democratic functioning. For decades researchers interested in how information is disseminated have focused on mass media but the reality is that many Americans today do not learn about politics from direct engagement with the news. Rather about one - third of Americans learn chiefly from information shared by their peers in conversation or on social media. How does this socially transmitted information differ from that communicated by traditional media? What are the consequences for political attitudes and behavior? Drawing on evidence from experiments surveys and social media Taylor N. Carlson finds that as information flows first from the media then person to person it becomes sparse more biased less accurate and more mobilizing. The result is what Carlson calls distorted democracy. Although socially transmitted information does not necessarily render democracy dysfunctional Through the Grapevine shows how it contributes to a public that is at once underinformed polarized and engaged.
Title: Through The Grapevine Socially Transmitted Information And Distorted Democracy
Author(s): Carlson Taylor N.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226834177
Pages: 240 Pages, 19 Line Drawings, 9 Tables
Publication Date: 7/6/2024
Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics
Category: Public Opinion & Polls
Description: An enlightening examination of what it means when Americans rely on family and friends to stay on top of politics. Accurate information is at the heart of democratic functioning. For decades researchers interested in how information is disseminated have focused on mass media but the reality is that many Americans today do not learn about politics from direct engagement with the news. Rather about one - third of Americans learn chiefly from information shared by their peers in conversation or on social media. How does this socially transmitted information differ from that communicated by traditional media? What are the consequences for political attitudes and behavior? Drawing on evidence from experiments surveys and social media Taylor N. Carlson finds that as information flows first from the media then person to person it becomes sparse more biased less accurate and more mobilizing. The result is what Carlson calls distorted democracy. Although socially transmitted information does not necessarily render democracy dysfunctional Through the Grapevine shows how it contributes to a public that is at once underinformed polarized and engaged.
Title: Through The Grapevine Socially Transmitted Information And Distorted Democracy
Author(s): Carlson Taylor N.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226834177
Pages: 240 Pages, 19 Line Drawings, 9 Tables
Publication Date: 7/6/2024
Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics
Category: Public Opinion & Polls
