Talking about politics
Subtitle: informal groups and social identity in American life
By: Katherine Cramer Walsh
Series: Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Communication in politics; Group identity; Discussion; Political sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the public's part of public discussion; title: The role of identity-based perspectives in making sense of politics; title: The social practice of informal political talk; title: Clarifying social identity through group interaction; title: Talking politics in a context of understanding; title: Public discussion of the daily news; title: The data are not given: perspectives, political trust, and the 2000 election; title: Social interaction, political divides