Alternative Approaches to Theorizing in Communication                    Science

Pavitt, Charles

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“…In keeping with the need for functional approaches in communication research (Pavitt, 2009), we explore whether, for contemporary families, TV viewing constitutes a social activity or a solo activity. In other words, how does television function within the family-as a shared activity that helps to maintain and strengthen relationships with other family members or as a solitary activity that provides respite from the social life of the family?…”

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Television as a Social or Solo Activity: Understanding Families' Everyday Television Viewing Patterns

Saxbe

Graesch

Alvik

2011

Communication Research Reports

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Television as a Social or Solo Activity: Understanding Families' Everyday Television Viewing Patterns

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Alvik

2011

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“…As Pavitt (2010) argues, "Communication cannot explain itself, and any attempt to do so limits one to a description" (p. 41). Theory-grounded work is distinguished from simple models of influence in that it offers an explanation of why the processes of influence are unfolding in the manner in which they have been observed.…”

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Approaching the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election From a Diversity of Explanatory Principles

Holbert

Weeks

Esralew³

2013

American Behavioral Scientist

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The explanatory principles of understanding and consistency are used to detail the past, present, and future of individual-level political communication media effects research. It is argued that the field of political communication is at a crossroads, with preferences for a dominant explanatory principle shifting from understanding back to consistency. In addition to understanding and consistency, it is argued that political communication researchers need to begin introducing additional explanatory principles (e.g., hedonism) to the field for the generation of new lines of inquiry. A call for embracing a diversity of explanatory principles is offered, and the utility of such an approach is explored within the context of the 2012 U.S. presidential election.There is much debate at present over the future of empirical political communication research (see Bennett & Iyengar, 2008Holbert, Garrett, & Gleason, 2010). The rise of new technology, a substantial increase in access to a broad range of communication outlets, enhanced power placed in the hands of citizens to choose among these outlets, and a revisiting of what does and does not count as "political messages"

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“…To date, the dominant stream of thought in the literature has been driven by what can be called a "consistency-based" principle (Holbert et al, 2013;Pavitt, 2010 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t attitudinal news programs (e.g., Bennett & Iyengar, 2008). With the recent proliferation of partisan media that fosters easy self-selection and avoidance (Iyengar & Hahn, 2009;Stroud, 2008), scholars have repeatedly expressed concerns about the potential of partisan selective exposure undermining the democratic ideal of a well-informed citizenry.…”

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Why Do People (Sometimes) Become Selective About News? The Role of Emotions and Partisan Differences in Selective Approach and Avoidance

Song

2016

Mass Communication and Society

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Mass Communication and SocietyISSN: 1520-5436 (Print) 1532-7825 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hmcs20 Why do people (sometimes) become selective about news? The role of emotions and partisan differences in selective approach and avoidance Hyunjin Song To cite this article: Hyunjin Song (2016): Why do people (sometimes) become selective about news? The role of emotions and partisan differences in selective approach and avoidance, Mass Communication and Society, Abstract Recent advances in partisan selective exposure research have provided compellingA c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t evidence for the distinction between selective approach and selective avoidance. Yet, the questions of whether, how, and to what extent discrete emotions systematically shape either of these patterns has not been sufficiently addressed. This study explores the differential roles of fear, anger, and enthusiasm in selective approach to and selective avoidance of partisan news programs, focusing on partisan differences in regard to a person's general approach versus avoidance tendencies to external stimuli as a possible moderating mechanism. A secondary analysis of the 2012 American National Election Studies (ANES) data suggested that fear and anger both significantly increased pro-attitudinal news exposure, whereas only anger decreased counter-attitudinal news exposure. In addition, Republicans exhibit these patterns to a greater extent than Democrats. Furthermore, enthusiasm significantly predicted exposure to proattitudinal news for both Republicans and Democrats, whereas Democrats were significantly more likely than Republicans to increase their counter-attitudinal news exposure as a function of enthusiasm. Theoretical and methodological implications are discussed.

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Alternative Approaches to Theorizing in Communication Science

Cited by 18 publications

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Television as a Social or Solo Activity: Understanding Families' Everyday Television Viewing Patterns

Television as a Social or Solo Activity: Understanding Families' Everyday Television Viewing Patterns

Approaching the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election From a Diversity of Explanatory Principles

Why Do People (Sometimes) Become Selective About News? The Role of Emotions and Partisan Differences in Selective Approach and Avoidance

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