Experts, Activists, and Interdependent Citizens

Are Electorates Self-Educating?

• Author(s): T. K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt, John Barry Ryan,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 278
• ISBN_10: 1107068878
  ISBN_13: 9781107068872
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Political Science / General , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Process / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy , Psychology / Social Psychology , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Machine generated contents note: 1. Experts, activists, and self-educating electorates T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan; 2. The imperatives of interdependence T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan; 3. Experts, activists, and the social communication of political expertise T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt, Jeanette Mendez, Tracy Osborn and John Barry Ryan; 4. Unanimity, discord, and opportunities for opinion leadership T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt, Jeanette Mendez and John Barry Ryan; 5. Informational asymmetries among voters T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan; 6. Expertise and bias in political communication networks T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt, Alexander K. Mayer and John Barry Ryan; 7. Interdependence, communication, and calculation T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan; 8. Partisanship and the efficacy of social communication in constrained environments John Barry Ryan; 9. Noise, bias, and expertise: the dynamics of becoming informed Robert Huckfeldt, Matthew Pietryka and Jack Reilly; 10. Opinion leaders, expertise, and the complex dynamics of political communication Robert Huckfeldt, Matthew Pietryka and Jack Reilly; 11. Experts, activists, and democratic prospects T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan.