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dc.contributor.advisorBanwart, Mary C.
dc.contributor.authorKearney, Michael Wayne
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T16:28:57Z
dc.date.available2014-02-05T16:28:57Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-31
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13175
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/12975
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the processes that motivate, constrain, and shape political conversations on Facebook. Through an analysis of the Goals-Plans-Action model and the Political Interpersonal Communication index, this study finds that Facebook political conversations are primarily motivated by cognitive engagement and primarily constrained by personal standards regarding the appropriateness of discussing politics on Facebook. These conversations are further shaped by desires to create positive impressions. This study also examines the effects of disagreement on Facebook political conversations. Findings indicate that perceived disagreement does influence political activity on Facebook, though this relationship varies according to individual levels of tolerance for disagreement, political information efficacy, and political extremism. Overall, this study contributes to political disagreement scholarship and demonstrates the unique contributions of both interpersonal and political communication theory in the area of interpersonal political communication.
dc.format.extent90 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.subjectDisagreement
dc.subjectDiscussion
dc.subjectFacebook
dc.subjectInterpersonal
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.titlePolitical Discussion on Facebook: An Analysis of Interpersonal Goals and Disagreement
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberHall, Jeffrey A.
dc.contributor.cmtememberHarris, Scott
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineCommunication Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0730-4694
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid8086502
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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