What Goes Without Saying: Navigating Political Discussion in America
Jun 2022 · Cambridge University Press
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317
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Why are political conversations uncomfortable for so many people? The current literature focuses on the structure of people's discussion networks and the frequency with which they talk about politics, but not the dynamics of the conversations themselves. In What Goes Without Saying, Taylor N. Carlson and Jaime E. Settle investigate how Americans navigate these discussions in their daily lives, with particular attention to the decision-making process around when and how to broach politics. The authors use a multi-methods approach to unpack what they call the 4D Framework of political conversation: identifying the ways that people detect others' views, decide whether to talk, discuss their opinions honestly—or not, and determine whether they will repeat the experience in the future. In developing a framework for studying and explaining political discussion as a social process, What Goes Without Saying will set the agenda for research in political science, psychology, communication, and sociology for decades to come.
About the author
Taylor N. Carlson is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Talking Politics: Political Discussion Networks and the New American Electorate (2020). She has received numerous awards for her research.
Jaime E. Settle is an Associate Professor of Government at the College of William & Mary. Her first book, Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America, won the Best Book Award from the Experimental Politics section of APSA.
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