Ethnic and Age Differences Reduce Political Discussion

Document Type

Article

Keywords

United States; households; neighborhoods; communication networks; politics; political discussion; age; ethnicity; diversity

Identifier Data

https://doi.org/10.1177/073953291403500405

Publisher

Sage Journals

Publication Source

Newspaper Research Journal, 35(4), 52-65

Abstract

A survey of U.S. households finds people involved in neighborhood communication networks are more likely to engage in political discussions, and the likelihood is greater among people with higher levels of education but lower among those with greater ethnic or age diversity.

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