COMM 3444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Aspersion, Cognitive Dissonance, Name Calling
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Transmission/exchange of information among political actors/institutions, the media, and the general public. Messages are produced by or have consequences or all political system with outcomes that stabilize or alter power. Engage in political discussions and deliberations in trustful and cooperative manner. Pursue goal of consensus on impartial and rational grounds. To come to a collective and conclusion together. Incivility, like a disrespectful tone toward others (e. g. name-calling, vulgarity) has become part of an increasingly confrontational political discourse. Potential contributing factors include the rise of partisan news, online new outlets, and anonymity in online discussions. Name calling mean-spirited or disparaging words directed at a person or group of people at least the morons in the state capital no longer have control of this process! . Forms of incivility coe et al. , 2014) or forms of impoliteness (paparachissi, 2004) Different understandings of a phenomenon & examples of incivility (paparachissi, 04)