Partisanship in a Social Setting
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No factor appears more powerful in explaining how individuals evaluate political information and form political preferences than partisanship. Yet, virtually all work on the effects of partisanship on preference formation neglects the crucial role of social settings. In this study, I examine how social settings can fundamentally change the influence of partisanship on preferences. I demonstrate that, in fact, social settings exert an independent influence over preference formation—one that is even larger than the influence of partisan ambivalence. The central implication of these findings is that, going forward, we cannot fully explore how citizens apply their partisanship in evaluating political information without also accounting for the social settings in which individuals find themselves.
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Possessing ideologically homogeneous networks exacerbates issue and affective polarization, whereas having a heterogeneous network facilitates the correction of stereotypical misconceptions and decreases polarization.
“possessing ideologically homogeneous networks exacerbates issue and affective polarization, whereas having a heterogeneous network facilitates the correction of stereotypical misconceptions and decreases polarization223–227.”
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- Authors
- Klar, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- Corresponding author
- Klar, Samara
- ORCID
- Klar, Samara
- Venue
- American Journal of Political Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-01-29
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 687-704
- ISSN
- 0092-5853 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-5907
- OpenAlex
- W1542825381
- Cited by
- 290
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 82 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 49.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Political Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- partisanship, social environment, social influence, political socialization
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