témavezető: Janky Béla
helyszín (magyar oldal): Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem helyszín rövidítés: BCE
A kutatási téma leírása:
The influence of elites on public attitudes toward contested social issues is a well documented phenomenon. A renewed interest in attitude polarization in contemporary democracies have urged a new wave of experimental research on elite influence on public attitudes in the past decade. Since then, substantial evidence has accumulated that information about elite positions could induce significant attitude shifts.
Some scholars have increasingly emphasized the role of people’s feelings of identity in the influence of elites on public attitudes towards social issues: as a result of identification with a group, people self-stereotype and conform to perceived group norms by expressing attitudes similar to the perceived typical opinion in their community. Those assumptions are based on social identity theory according to which self-stereotyping is an immediate consequence of the salience of identity.
The doctorate student can participate in a research program which aims to explore the effects of elite positions and identity on public attitudes towards social issues. The empirical methods to be used could include survey experiment and content analysis.
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Janky, B. (2019). Changing Connotations and the Evolution of the Effect of Wording: Labeling Asylum Seekers in a Political Campaign. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. edy035
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