Talking about politics : informal groups and social identity in American life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cramer, Katherine J. (Katherine Jean)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Series:Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the public's part of public discussion
  • The role of identity-based perspectives in making sense of politics
  • The social practice of informal political talk
  • Clarifying social identity through group interaction
  • Talking politics in a context of understanding
  • Public discussion of the daily news
  • The data are not given: perspectives, political trust, and the 2000 election
  • Social interaction, political divides.