Priming Presidential Approval: The Conditionality of Issue Effects

Kelleher, Christine A.; Wolak, Jennifer

doi:10.1007/s11109-006-9011-8

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“…Priming theory is based in cognitive psychology and was historically most often used to guide research in political communication and the influence of news coverage on presidential approval and endorsements of voting issues (Althaus & Kim, 2006;Kelleher & Wolak, 2006). Overall, research has demonstrated that the ways in which issues and events are covered in the news affects audience attitudes toward candidates and issues.…”

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The Effects of Portrayals of Gay Men on Homonegativity and the Attribution of Gender-Based Descriptors

Miller

Lewallen

2015

Communication Studies

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The present study examined the effects of a gay male television portrayal on a sample of 107 college-aged participants. Participants were exposed to either a representation of a feminine gay male character, representation of a masculine gay male character, or no gay male character and were subsequently asked questions to determine the stereotypes they associate with gay men and their overall level of homonegativity. Results indicated that political identification was a significant moderator of the relationship between exposure to depictions of a gay character and levels of homonegativity and between exposure and the application of gender-based descriptors to gay men. Findings suggested that the mere presence of a gay male character, whether masculine or feminine, primed homonegative attitudes and opinions about gay male masculinity and femininity.Stereotyping is the process by which individuals develop beliefs about other individuals or groups that may or may not reflect their actual characteristics; these mental shortcuts allow people to make quick judgments about others based on prototypes or quintessential representations of categories (Lippmann, 1992). Television Brandon Miller (MA, Syracuse University) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Missouri. His research investigates mass and user-generated media's effects on LGBTQ stereotypes, identities, and communities. Jennifer Lewallen (MA, Pepperdine University) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Missouri. She examines representations of women and nondominant cultural groups in popular media and the influence of media on perceptions of the self and other. Correspondence to: Brandon Miller,

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Section: Priming Theorymentioning

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The Effects of Portrayals of Gay Men on Homonegativity and the Attribution of Gender-Based Descriptors

Miller

Lewallen

2015

Communication Studies

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“…While one can imagine many influences on individuals' responsibility attributions, elites and the media are perhaps the most apparent. By covering some stories but not others, the media increases the salience of certain issues (Iyengar and Kinder ) and primes the public to consider those issues when evaluating leaders and ascribing responsibility (Edwards, Mitchell, and Welch ; Iyengar ; Kelleher and Wolak ; Krosnick and Kinder ). Studies show that presidents themselves can affect their own approval by priming the criteria that citizens use for evaluation (Druckman and Holmes ; Jacobs and Shapiro ), and those citizens look to elite rhetoric as a barometer for issue judgments after major political events (Woessner ).…”

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Who Is Responsible, the Incumbent or the Former President? Motivated Reasoning in Responsibility Attributions

Nawara

2015

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This article establishes that transitions of power from one presidential administration to the next can act as a source of uncertainty regarding whom citizens view as responsible for national conditions. I argue that citizens confront this ambiguity in a partisan manner when making responsibility attributions of credit and blame. Using the economy and the Iraq War as examples, ordinary partisans frequently ascribe responsibility using motivated reasoning by crediting the president of their own political party for perceived successes and blaming the president of the opposite party for perceived failures.

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“…Research on public evaluations of the president has consistently found that economic considerations are a primary driver of these evaluations (e.g., Brace and Hinckley ; Erikson, MacKuen, and Stimson ; Kernell1978; McAvoy ; Mueller ; Newman ; Ostrom and Simon ). However, research has also shown that events, news coverage, and elite discourse can increase the weight of various considerations on evaluations via a process known as priming or framing (e.g., Druckman and Holmes ; Edwards, Mitchell, and Welch ; Iyengar and Kinder ; Kelleher and Wolak ; Krosnick and Brannon ; Krosnick and Kinder ; Miller and Krosnick ). In particular, this line of research shows that when news stories, dramatic events, or elite rhetoric focus on a particular topic, like the economy or terrorism, individuals tend to weigh considerations relating to that topic more heavily in their evaluations of the president.…”

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Polls and Elections: Decreasing the Economy's Impact on Evaluations of the President: An Experiment on Attribution Framing

Newman

2013

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Decades of research has shown that economic considerations are strongly tied to evaluations of the president. Many studies have found that framing (often called priming) by news coverage, events, and presidential rhetoric can increase the weight of economic and other considerations in presidential evaluations. I use a survey experiment to show that attribution frames can decrease the weight of economic considerations on presidential evaluations. The finding holds implications for the public's capacity to hold the president accountable and presidents' legislative strategies.

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Priming Presidential Approval: The Conditionality of Issue Effects

Cited by 29 publications

References 40 publications

The Effects of Portrayals of Gay Men on Homonegativity and the Attribution of Gender-Based Descriptors

The Effects of Portrayals of Gay Men on Homonegativity and the Attribution of Gender-Based Descriptors

Who Is Responsible, the Incumbent or the Former President? Motivated Reasoning in Responsibility Attributions

Polls and Elections: Decreasing the Economy's Impact on Evaluations of the President: An Experiment on Attribution Framing

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