Constricting the body politic: Three studies of political communication apprehension and why they matter

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dc.contributor.advisorMeirick, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorWoodall, Ant
dc.contributor.committeeMemberReedy, Justin
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCionea, Ioana
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRiggs, Wayne
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T18:59:56Z
dc.date.available2024-05-22T18:59:56Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-10
dc.date.manuscript2024-05-03
dc.description.abstractMuch work has been done to capture people’s discomfort with talking about politics. Previous research suggests people are uncomfortable with political conversations for a variety of reasons, though little has been done to synthesize these ideas together. This dissertation continues a research agenda from other graduate students around the United States by working towards a measure of political communication apprehension. Based on existing literature, I propose that political communication reflects a relational behavior as much as a political one and should be measured with both of these contexts in mind. To do so, I offer a review of literature surrounding the philosophies and issues that shape our discomfort with political conversations. I then talk through three studies: Study One builds a scale and tests in exploratory fashion with human respondents. Study Two refines the scale and tests it as a hypothesized model of measurement. Study Three takes the final measurement model and applies it to several hypothesized relationships about political communication apprehension and political behavior. I conclude with discussion about the cultural and relational factors that shape our political communication apprehension and what it means to study it.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/340390
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subjectpolitical communicationen_US
dc.subjectcommunication apprehensionen_US
dc.subjectcivic engagementen_US
dc.subjectwell-beingen_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.titleConstricting the body politic: Three studies of political communication apprehension and why they matteren_US
ou.groupDodge Family College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Communicationen_US
shareok.orcid0000-0002-2721-5787en_US

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