Journal article
Getting Citizens Involved: How Controversial Policy Debates Stimulate Issue Participation during a Political Campaign
International journal of public opinion research, Vol.22(2), pp.181-203
2010
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edp047
Abstract
This study tests the relative mobilizing effects of predispositional factors and attention to media content during a gubernatorial race that focused heavily on stem cell research as a salient campaign issue. Our analyses are based on a statewide telephone survey (N = 508 in June–July 2006) conducted prior to the midterm and gubernatorial elections in the U.S. State of Wisconsin. Results show that ideological predispositions and attention to both newspaper and online media best explain issue participation. In contrast with prior research, our findings show that religiosity did not influence issue participation on the stem cell controversy in Wisconsin. Implications of these findings and the importance of research on issue participation for the field of public opinion research and the future of political campaigns are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Getting Citizens Involved: How Controversial Policy Debates Stimulate Issue Participation during a Political Campaign
- Creators
- Amy B Becker - Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USAKajsa E Dalrymple - Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USADominique Brossard - Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USADietram A Scheufele - Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USAAlbert C Gunther - Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of public opinion research, Vol.22(2), pp.181-203
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/ijpor/edp047
- ISSN
- 0954-2892
- eISSN
- 1471-6909
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984083846702771
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