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A fundamental question asked in early survey-based political communication research is whether people feel that their political actions can affect political processes. Research has consistently shown the centrality of this political attitude, known as “political efficacy,” for democratic functioning. In recent research, political communication scholars
Jennifer Oser
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Down But Not Yet Out: Depression, Political Efficacy, and Voting [PDF]
Depression is one of the most common health problems in the developed world. Previous research has primarily investigated the relationship between depression and voting, largely overlooking its cognitive foundations.
Papageorgiou Achillefs +3 more
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How Context Matters: The Significance of Political Homogeneity and Language for Political Efficacy
The extent of political efficacy within a community reflects the general state of affairs within that community, with higher levels of political efficacy presumably related to other kinds of socially preferable attitudes.
Lauri Rapeli +5 more
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The paper interprets populism as a symptom of a mismatch between how the democratic polity operates and how citizens conceive their own aspirations, needs and identities vis-à-vis the polity.
Márton Bene, Zsolt Boda
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European youth’s civic engagement and political participation in EU-related issues is a timely imperative. Research findings on youth citizenship range from political apathy to alternative forms of participation, although theoretical evidence remains ...
Vassilis Pavlopoulos +2 more
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Listening to the Public: An Inductive Analysis of the Good Citizen in a Deliberative System
Significant research has demonstrated that deliberative participation has a number of benefits for participants, leaving them more informed, efficacious, and engaged.
Katherine Knobloch
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Social Support, Gender and the Roots of Political Efficacy: Evidence from the Swiss Household Panel
This study explores how social support, defined as the number and quality of close relationships, affects feelings of political influence. Using Swiss Household Panel data (1999–2018), it reveals that the quality of relationships (emotional support ...
Lindholm Annika
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Examining political participation in Lithuania: The direct and mediated effects of social trust
This article investigates the effects of social trust, both direct and mediated – via internal and external efficacy – on different forms of political participation in post-communist Lithuania.
Teodora Gaidytė, Jasper Muis
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This study investigates the complex relationship between media consumption, system justification, and sense of political efficacy. System justification pertains to the belief that the current system functions properly, while a sense of political ...
Anna Málna Benza +2 more
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Internet memes have become a popular format for expressing individual political opinions in social media. Based on a quantitative online survey of political Internet meme users from fringe web communities and sharing platforms (n = 482), this study ...
Michael Johann
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