Food for Thought
A Longitudinal Investigation of Reflection-Promoting Speech in Televised Election Debates (1985–2019)
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6345019 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Emma Turkenburg (0000-0002-8332-7820, KU Leuven, autor de correspondencia), Ine Goovaerts (0000-0002-5893-4442, KU Leuven) |
| Año | 2024 |
| Volumen | 72 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 67-89 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00323217221090102 |
| OpenAlex | W3183884915 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 71 |
In televised election debates, politicians confront each other side-by-side to publicly debate their political viewpoints. As a result, these debates have the potential to promote reflective reasoning in citizens. However, concerns are voiced regularly about politicians’ increasing use of one-liners, slogans, and empty phrases, and decreasing use of elaborate and thoughtful argumentation, which may lower the debates’ reflection-promoting potential. Despite concerns, systematic empirical evidence testing whether reflection-promoting speech is declining is extremely scarce. This study contributes to filling this gap by (1) identifying four reflection-promoting speech components, that is, provision of justifications, substantive information, accessible communication, and engagement with others’ perspectives and (2) conducting a longitudinal quantitative content analysis (1985–2019) of Belgian election debates through the lens of their reflection-promoting potential. The results of all studied speech components point in the same direction: reflection-promoting speech in election debates has not declined, showing that allegations surrounding debates should be considered with caution
Argumentation theory · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Viewpoints · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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