Affective Source Cues : Negativity and Policy Attitudes

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Affective Source Cues : Negativity and Policy Attitudes

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka

Základní údaje

Originální název

Affective Source Cues : Negativity and Policy Attitudes

Autoři

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka

Vydání

Romanian Journal of Political Science, Societatea Academică din România, 2017, 1582-456X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Rumunsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.462

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095615

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

UT WoS

000428842100005

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85044990298

Klíčová slova anglicky

source cue; heuristics; affect; eelings; parties; leaders; experiment

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 24. 4. 2018 14:46, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The article explores source cue effects on policy attitudes in the context of the multiparty system of the Czech Republic. This context requires a more complex experimental design compared to the common source cue research of a two-party setup in the US research tradition. The cues in this research are conceptualized as either positive or negative feelings towards political actors, which is a more general and applicable concept compared to party identification, and enables us to measure the effects of negative attachments towards both political parties and party leaders. Negativity is a well-known psychological factor influencing a wide range of processes, from impression formation to memory retrieval, and thus it is also highly desirable to test its role in the formation of political attitudes. A simple laboratory experiment reveals that negative feelings influence policy attitudes more than positive feelings. Despite the widely-discussed role of individual politicians in citizens’ perception of politics, leaders do not work as stronger affective cues compared to parties. However, when the experimental design includes subjects’ prior attitudes towards an issue, the effects of affective cues diminish. Affective source cues matter mostly in case of novel issues without strong priors. The conclusions have implications for source cue experimental research because the effects are a matter of design.

Návaznosti

GA13-20548S, projekt VaV

Název: Experimentální výzkum volebního chování a rozhodování ve vysoce personalizovaných volbách

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Experimentální výzkum volebního chování a rozhodování ve vysoce personalizovaných volbách

Přiložené soubory

Hrbkova_PolSci_Vol_17__no_2__2017_Winter.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Hrbkova.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka. Affective Source Cues : Negativity and Policy Attitudes. Romanian Journal of Political Science. Societatea Academică din România, 2017, roč. 17, č. 2, s. 139-176. ISSN 1582-456X.

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HRBKOVÁ, Lenka. Affective Source Cues : Negativity and Policy Attitudes. \textit{Romanian Journal of Political Science}. Societatea Academic\u a din Rom\^ania, 2017, roč.~17, č.~2, s.~139-176. ISSN~1582-456X.

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