Media Use and Satisfaction with Democracy: Testing the Role of Political Interest

Chang, Wen-Chun

doi:10.1007/s11205-017-1806-y

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“…Our main results reinforce the conclusions of works which suggest that the determinants of SWD have heterogeneous effects across citizens (Anderson et al, 2005;Kotzian, 2010;Chang, 2018). This insight improves our understanding of satisfaction with democracy, which is a crucial pillar of support for democratic regimes.…”

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The market, the state and satisfaction with democracy

Nadeau

Daoust

Arel‐Bundock

2019

West European Politics

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This study analyzes the level of satisfaction with democracy through attitudes toward the two mechanisms that affect citizens' financial situation: The Market and the State. Using survey data from 16 established democracies, we show that satisfaction with democracy depends on the interplay between citizens' level of income and their evaluation of the state and market-based mechanisms that affect personal wealth. Our key finding is that economic perceptions and opinions on redistribution matter much more for low-income citizens than for the more affluent in their evaluations of democratic institutions. This moderating effect offers a rich characterization of the association between economic factors and satisfaction with democracy, and it sheds new light on voters' views on redistributive politics.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

The market, the state and satisfaction with democracy

Nadeau

Daoust

Arel‐Bundock

2019

West European Politics

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“…The researcher also included internet use as the important control variable. Some recent studies have emphasized internet exposure as a driving factor in reinforcing democratic practices (Pirannejad, 2017;Evans, 2019) or reducing people's satisfaction towards democracy (Chang, 2017). Thus, the researcher collected information about the percentage of "households" that used the internet in the last three months.…”

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Do Resource-Rich Provinces Perform Lower Democratization Progress? Estimating Oil Impact on Democracy Indicators in Indonesia

Hilmawan

2021

JESP

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This study examined whether oil dependence affected democracy quality by referring to provincial-level data in Indonesia. While physical quantity production was used to measure oil dependence, democracy was measured based on the Indonesian Democracy Index (IDI). Static panel data analysis was employed to control unobserved time-invariant characteristics of each province, including a robust Driscoll and Kraay (D-K) standard error model for the general forms of cross-sectional dependence when dealing with panel observation. The results showed that oil-dependent provinces tended not to have weak democratic qualities. The effects were also robust when democracy was separated into three main elements of the IDI: political rights, civil liberties, and democratic institutions, or when an alternative measure of dependency was used. Interestingly, this study found that oil dependence had a stronger effect on democracy in provinces with a lack of oil than in Sumatra and Kalimantan, globally known as dominant resource locations.

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“…We rely on two survey items to measure a respondent’s level of political efficacy (c.f. Blais & Rubenson, 2013; Chang, 2018). More specifically, we asked individuals to what extent they agree/disagree that (1) “public officials don’t care much what people like me think” ( nocare ) and (2) “people like me don’t have any say about what the government does” ( nosay ).…”

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The Effects of COVID-19 on External Political Efficacy

McBrayer

Baumgaertner

Justwan

2021

American Politics Research

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Significant scholarship examines the effects of disasters and disaster management on political behavior and attitudes. Yet, no research has assessed how health crises might shape people’s levels of external efficacy, nor how disaster response affects external efficacy beyond localized extreme-weather events. Using the United States as a case study, we seek to fill these gaps in the literature by exploring how individuals’ external political efficacy is affected by assessments of the federal COVID response. With an original collection of survey data from April 2020, we find that respondents who view the government’s handling of COVID more positively report higher levels of external efficacy. In a secondary analysis, we performed an experiment in February 2021 where people were given different narratives about government management of the pandemic response. The experimental results strongly suggest that disaster management—in this case the handling of the pandemic—shapes individuals’ efficacy.

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Media Use and Satisfaction with Democracy: Testing the Role of Political Interest

Cited by 17 publications

References 72 publications

The market, the state and satisfaction with democracy

The market, the state and satisfaction with democracy

Do Resource-Rich Provinces Perform Lower Democratization Progress? Estimating Oil Impact on Democracy Indicators in Indonesia

The Effects of COVID-19 on External Political Efficacy

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