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Monday, November 27, 2023

Socialization and Media Effects

 For Wednesday, Dunaway, ch. 13 (on Sakai for those who have the 10th ed.)

Topics for last paper?

Jobs and internships

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Role of mass media in political socialization.

What is socialization? How one learns:
  • Norms, rules, mores (remember Tocqueville?)
  • Ideology and partisanship
  • Information
Stages of life
  • Childhood
  • Teen 
  • Adulthood
Agents of socialization
How mass media contribute to learning about politics.
Cognitive processes through which people learn from media.
  • Building on existing information and attitudes
  • Selective exposure
  • Rationalization and cognitive dissonance
Mass media and knowledge



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