Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Martin Elff
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Publ. Opinion
Semesterwochenstunden: 3
Credits: 6,0
Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 35
Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung
Inhalte: Building on the Seminar "Political Attitudes & political Behaviour", this course deals with special topics of the research on attitudes and opinions. In this semester the focus is on the causes of populism and of the polarisation of public opinion in the countries of Europe and North America. Therefore the seminar is concerned with the following questions: - What is the role of information, predispositions, and value orientations for the formation of opinions? - How well informed and structured are citizens' political opinions? - With whom do citizens discuss political topics and from whom are they persuaded? - What is "motivated reasoning" and what are the consequences for opinion formation? - How does the greater availability of information from new media and the Internet affect the formation of opinions? - To what degree can the polarisation of public opinion and the rising populism be accounted for by motivated reasoning and Internet filter bubbles?
Lernziele: Aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the fundamental concepts and theories in political science research on electoral and attitudinal research. It thereby enables participants to find their way through the literature on various aspects of this research area, to develop their own research questions and to address them in their academic work.
Literatur: Achen, Christopher, and Larry Bartels. 2017. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Glynn, Carol J., Susan Herbst, Mark Lindemann, Garret O'Keefe and Robert Y. Shapiro. 2015. Public Opinion. Boulder: Westview Press. Hindman, Matthew. 2008. The Myth of Digital Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Lodge, Milton, and Charles S. Taber. 2013. The Rationalizing Voter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Mudde, Cas, and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. 2017. Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Prior, Markus. 2007. Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Zaller, John. 1992. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
