books by Ann N. Crigler (rethinking psychology candidates)

books by Ann N. Crigler

books:

The Affect Effect: Dynamics of Emotion in Political Thinking and Behavior

1 review

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

The role of emotion in politics
"The Affect Effect" is a welcome volume. In political science--and in the study of political thinking and behavior--the rational choice perspective has become very powerful. While it yields some genuine insights, it is also one dimensional. People are not simply cost-benefit calculators, are not solely means-ends analysts. Emotion matters. And that is what this volume is about. The volume ...

Rethinking the Vote: The Politics and Prospects of American Election Reform

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Maintaining the perception of fairness and equal access during elections assures the legitimacy of a democratic system. The U.S. in particular prides itself on its open and honest voting laws and procedures. However, the extraordinary closeness of the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore triggered a rare scrutiny of the election process. This highly disputed contest revealed problems with ballot design and order; access ...

Common Knowledge: News and the Construction of Political Meaning (American Politics and Political Economy ...
W. Russell Neuman, Marion R. Just, ...

University Of Chicago Press, 1992

Photo opportunities, ten-second sound bites, talking heads and celebrity anchors: so the world is explained daily to millions of Americans. The result, according to the experts, is an ignorant public, helpless targets of a one-way flow of carefully filtered and orchestrated communication. Common Knowledge shatters this pervasive myth. Reporting on a ground-breaking study, the authors reveal that our shared knowledge and evolving political ...

The Psychology of Political Communication

University of Michigan Press, 1998

Rather than taking a traditional view of media influence flowing over a relatively passive audience, the contributors to this volume of essays treat political communication as an interactive process of making meaning. Meaning refers to what one intends to convey especially through language, as well as to what is actually conveyed and reflects the processes of message creation and interpretation. People communicate and interpret messages and ...

Crosstalk: Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign (American Politics and Political ...

1 review
Marion R. Just, Ann N. Crigler, ...

University Of Chicago Press, 1996

Not Primary Colors
"Crosstalk" is a useful compilation of academic papers on communications during the presidential campaign of 1992. The foci are on campaign discourse, public, candidate and media agendas, and voting. I characterize this book as "useful," not "compelling," "engaging," or "stimulating" because it is none of those things. It is not a non-fiction version of "Primary Colors," nor is it a ...