Cultivating Political Incivility

York, Chance

doi:10.1177/1931243113507926

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“…Given that news media are a common venue in which people might encounter incivility (Sobieraj & Berry, 2011), it seems possible that different degrees or kinds of news exposure might contribute to how people perceive incivility. York (2013), for instance, found that viewing cable television news was a significant predictor of characterizing “the overall tone and level of civility in politics today” as “mostly negative” (p. 117). Gervais (2014), meanwhile, found that use of uncivil political media can lead people to express themselves in less civil ways.…”

Section: Public Perceptions Of Uncivil Messagesmentioning

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Perceptions of Uncivil Discourse Online: An Examination of Types and Predictors

Kenski

Coe

Rains

2017

Communication Research

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Incivility in public discourse has become a pressing concern of citizens and scholars alike, but most research has focused narrowly on incivility in elite discourse. The present study examines how the lay public perceives incivility, using two surveys to track differences in perceptions of specific types of uncivil speech and identify predictors of those perceptions. The results show that different types of incivility elicit different responses. In particular, name-calling and vulgarity were rated as more uncivil than were other speech acts. In addition, several demographic, personality, and news consumption variables were analyzed as predictors of incivility perceptions.

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Section: Public Perceptions Of Uncivil Messagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of Uncivil Discourse Online: An Examination of Types and Predictors

Kenski

Coe

Rains

2017

Communication Research

152

130

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“…Even though a lot of political conflicts are fought online, incivility is not only present on social media. Instead, it is often found in interviews, at campaign rallies, or during TV debates (Coffey et al, 2015; York, 2013). TV and audio media (e.g., radio or podcasts) also allow the audience to gain more information about the impact that uncivil communication has on the target by, for instance, showing their emotions and nonverbal reactions.…”

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Tolerance of political intolerance: The impact of context and partisanship on public approval of politicians’ uncivil behavior

Walter

Kutlaca

2023

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Politicians’ uncivil behaviors violate social and moral norms yet seem to be on the rise. We investigated under which circumstances politicians’ uncivil behavior towards their peers and opponents is tolerated by their supporters. We hypothesized that public support would depend on the context in which incivility is used (i.e., if it is targeted at political opponents vs. peers) and on the individuals’ moral beliefs. In two studies, we asked Democrats and Republicans to evaluate a politician who belonged to their preferred party and engaged in uncivil communication with either a member of the same or the opposing party. As expected, uncivil communication was condoned more when it was directed at the opponents. In the context of intergroup conflict, binding foundations predicted more approval among Republicans, and surprisingly more disapproval among Democrats. However, differences in (dis)approval between parties were not significant across both studies. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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“…However, the focus on partisan polarization in the United States as a topic in ELM and the accompanying portrayal of strong partisans may harm political engagement (Levendusky and Malhotra 2016). One notable feature of ELM cable news in the United States is the extent to which it highlights-or perhaps exaggerates-partisan conflict and instances of political incivility (York 2013). Americans with weaker political identities may recognize they are unlike the deeply involved partisan exemplars portrayed in the news, and thus come to believe they do not have what it takes to become politically involved (Krupnikov and Ryan 2022).…”

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Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement

Wilson,

Preuhs,

Gervais

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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Spanish language media is linked to multiple forms of Latino political mobilization, including protest, naturalization, and voting. However, recent research associates geographic access to Spanish language broadcasts with significantly lower rates of Latino voter participation. We engage this controversy by exploring whether relative consumption of Spanish and English language media shapes rates of civic and voter participation among Latinos using data from the 2016 Cooperative Multiracial Postelection Survey and our own 2021 survey. 1 Next, we test the hypothesis that Spanish language media acts through politicized identities to shape Latino civic engagement, as some theorize. We find strong association between Spanish language media consumption and politicized identities among Latinos but no evidence that these identities constitute a conduit through which Spanish language media mobilizes. Instead, our results show that the mobilizing effect of Spanish language media consumption on civic engagement is direct and independent of politicized identity. These findings indicate a need to explore whether Spanish language media consumption influences Latino participation through differences with English language media in terms of content and/or fragmentation that better educate Latinos to participate, reduce political alienation, or accomplish both.

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Cultivating Political Incivility

Cited by 20 publications

References 34 publications

Perceptions of Uncivil Discourse Online: An Examination of Types and Predictors

Perceptions of Uncivil Discourse Online: An Examination of Types and Predictors

Tolerance of political intolerance: The impact of context and partisanship on public approval of politicians’ uncivil behavior

Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement

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