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Gonzalez-Bailon, Sandra; Banchs, Rafael E.; Kaltenbrunner, Andreas – Human Communication Research, 2012
This article examines how emotional reactions to political events shape public opinion. We analyze political discussions in which people voluntarily engage online to approximate the public agenda: Online discussions offer a natural approach to the salience of political issues and the means to analyze emotional reactions as political events take…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Opinions, Elections, Agenda Setting
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Walgrave, Stefaan; Verhulst, Joris – Social Forces, 2009
This study tackles the question to what extent the composition of protest events is determined by the stance of governments. Established contextual theories do not formulate propositions on how context affects individual protesters. The article engages in empirically testing whether the macro-context affects the internal diversity of the crowds…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, War
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Iannone, Carol – Academic Questions, 2006
Our editor-at-large puts questions to a political scientist--the former higher-education advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq--who replies with skepticism about prospects for our efforts to restore a university system in Iraq and reconstitute that troubled society in our image. Building an informed democracy, John Agresto…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Change, Futures (of Society)