Diana Owens
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana Owens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana |
| FAMILY NAME | Owens |
| SIGNATURE | OWENS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5337-168X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 195 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The challenge of misinformation in the civics classroom
Trends in Teaching Political Science Research Teaching Civic Education and Democracy
Civic education in a democracy is tasked with providing students with knowledge, dispositions, and skills conducive to responsible engagement in government and politics. It involves the teaching and learning of formal laws, structures, and functions of government as well as informal norms and practices. The current context for educating for democracy in many nations is politically fraught with rampant misinformation, uncivil discourse, and violen…
Parent reports of children's parasocial relationships with conversational agents
With the rise of smart devices in the 21st century, children are increasingly engaged in socially contingent interactions with conversational agents such as Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. Using an online parent survey, young children's verbal interactions (parasocial interactions) and emotional relationships (parasocial relationships) with conversational agents were examined in a naturalistic study. A total of 92 parents responded to the surv…
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In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era. After presenting a brief history of Olympic activism, he turns his attention to activism through the lens of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Ad Hoc Review Commitee on the Future of PS
charged with undertaking a comprehensive review of the journal. The Council's expectation is that
The Persuadable Voter
Entertainment and Politics
Entertainment and Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization, by David J. Jackson." , 25(3), pp. 333–334
Presidential Communication in the Internet Era
The new media environment and the rise of the Internet have had important implications for presidential communication. As the first chief executives of the new media era, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have established an online presence through the White House Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov . As the site has evolved, these administrations have had to balance the communication potential of technological innovations against the re…
The Institution of the Media
Tim Cook's intellectual enthusiasm and scholarly energy are legendary. During a career that spanned nearly 30 years, Tim made outstanding marks in the areas of political socialization, legislative
Talking about Politics
Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life. By Katherine Cramer Walsh. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. 264p. $57.00 cloth, $19.00 paper. Casual conversations that take place among groups of acquaintances can have significant implications for political identity formation. The core thesis of this impressive study by Katherine Cramer Walsh maintains that small groups work collectively to create social co…
Internet use and the 2000 presidential election
Tabloid Justice
Popular Satisfaction with the Party System and Representative Democracy in the United States
There are a variety of explanations for diminished levels of popular support for American government, institutions, and leaders evident since the Watergate era. Prominent theories focus on the changing nature of US political culture or perceptions of economic conditions. A plausible alternative explanation is that citizens feel inadequately represented by agents of government, and that the linkages facilitating representation no longer function e…
Popular Politics and the Clinton/Lewinsky Affair
The Clinton/Lewinsky scandal unfolded in an era of “new media” politics that presented fresh and often unanticipated challenges for presidential leadership. New media actors, such as call‐in talk radio and TV hosts, tabloid journalists, and Internet gossip columnists, played a significant role in scandal politics. They influenced the framework within which stories were reported and perceived by the public. New media channels, in particular, frame…
Service Learning and Political Socialization
Social scientists' initial forays into the field of political socialization were directly linked to goals of creating good citizens beginning in childhood (Merriam 1931, 1934; Sears 1990; Wallas 1908). With the advent of behavioralism, however, researchers began viewing the study of political socialization as an end in itself (Ball 1995). The emphasis on objective, scientific analysis caused researchers to abandon participant observation, in-dept…
Congress and the Internet
Information technologies have permeated society and political life. Congress also has been incorporating these new technologies as members have established their own Web sites and acquired e-mail addresses. Using a survey of congressional offices and a content analysis of congressional Web sites, we describe how Congress as an institution uses the Internet to disseminate information to the public and how individual members of Congress use the Int…
Governing with the News
New Media and American Politics
New Media and American Politics is the first book to examine the effect on modern politics of the new media, which include talk radio, tabloid journalism, television talk shows, entertainment media, and computer networks. Davis and Owen discuss the new media’s cultural environment, audience, and content, before going on to evaluate its impact on everything from elections to policy making to the old media itself.
Committees of the American Political Science Association
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Congressional Fellowship Program, 1995–96 and 1996–97
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Talk Radio and Evaluations of President Clinton
President Clinton has alleged that talk radio has had a negative effect on the public's perceptions of government, its leaders, and its policies. This article addresses the question of whether talk radio use is linked to evaluations of President Clinton. Using data from the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, the study finds that talk radio use corresponds to negative evaluations of Clinton's personal qualities and job performance, as…
Remote and Controlled
Anti‐partyism in the USA and support for Ross Perot
This article provides an initial exploration into the phenomenon of anti‐sentiment in the USA. It explores the meaning and measurement of anti‐partyism, and introduces a series of empirical measures which tap three distinct dimensions of anti‐partyism ‐ dissatisfaction with the existing political parties, a preference for third party alternatives, and a desire to diminish the role of parties in the American political process. After using survey d…
Divisive Nominating Mechanisms and Democratic Party Electoral Prospects
The purpose of this article is to explore the effect of divisive nominating campaigns within the Democratic party on the party's success in presidential elections. Divisiveness is defined as a function of the nominating method and the margin of victory. The individual and combined effects of each variable on Democratic party success is measured through bivariate, multivariate, and probit analyses. The results show that divisiveness hurts the Demo…
Sex Differences in Politicization
The finding of significant preadult sex differences in politicization earlier by Owen and Dennis (1988) is explored further. Here, we examine the relationship between sex roles, mass media use, and preadult politicization. Using data from a study of 10-17 year olds in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, we discover significant sex differences in patterns of mass media use that favor boys. In addition, our analysis supports our speculation about a linka…
Divisive Nominating Mechanisms and Democratic Party Electoral Prospects
The purpose of this article is to explore the effect of divisive nominating campaigns within the Democratic party on the party's success in presidential elections. Divisiveness is defined as a function of the nominating method and the margin of victory. The individual and combined effects of each variable on Democratic party success is measured through bivariate, multivariate, and probit analyses. The results show that divisiveness hurts the Demo…
Talk Radio and Evaluations of President Clinton
President Clinton has alleged that talk radio has had a negative effect on the public's perceptions of government, its leaders, and its policies. This article addresses the question of whether talk radio use is linked to evaluations of President Clinton. Using data from the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, the study finds that talk radio use corresponds to negative evaluations of Clinton's personal qualities and job performance, as…
Anti‐partyism in the USA and support for Ross Perot
This article provides an initial exploration into the phenomenon of anti‐sentiment in the USA. It explores the meaning and measurement of anti‐partyism, and introduces a series of empirical measures which tap three distinct dimensions of anti‐partyism ‐ dissatisfaction with the existing political parties, a preference for third party alternatives, and a desire to diminish the role of parties in the American political process. After using survey d…
Preadult Development of Political Tolerance
This is a study of the levels and origins of political tolerance using a sample of 10- to 17-year-old Wisconsin preadults and theirparents. The respondents were interviewed by telephone three times from early 1980 to late 1981. In general, political tolerance was low, both for parents and their children. The preadults, however, exhibited greater political tolerance than did their parents. Indeed, they showed an age-related developmental pattern o…
Gender differences in the politicization of American children
Resaerch on preadult political socialization conducted prior to the women's movement and the rise of feminist consciousness indicated that girls lagged behind boys in many aspects of their political development. Studies in the 1970s showed that this gap was closing. We examine preadult political orientations in the 1980s, and discover that the optimism of prior research is perhaps premature. Significant gender-related differenes exist for girls a…
Popular Satisfaction with the Party System and Representative Democracy in the United States
There are a variety of explanations for diminished levels of popular support for American government, institutions, and leaders evident since the Watergate era. Prominent theories focus on the changing nature of US political culture or perceptions of economic conditions. A plausible alternative explanation is that citizens feel inadequately represented by agents of government, and that the linkages facilitating representation no longer function e…
Popular Politics and the Clinton/Lewinsky Affair
The Clinton/Lewinsky scandal unfolded in an era of “new media” politics that presented fresh and often unanticipated challenges for presidential leadership. New media actors, such as call‐in talk radio and TV hosts, tabloid journalists, and Internet gossip columnists, played a significant role in scandal politics. They influenced the framework within which stories were reported and perceived by the public. New media channels, in particular, frame…
Congress and the Internet
Information technologies have permeated society and political life. Congress also has been incorporating these new technologies as members have established their own Web sites and acquired e-mail addresses. Using a survey of congressional offices and a content analysis of congressional Web sites, we describe how Congress as an institution uses the Internet to disseminate information to the public and how individual members of Congress use the Int…
Internet use and the 2000 presidential election
Sex differences in politicization
Presidential Communication in the Internet Era
The new media environment and the rise of the Internet have had important implications for presidential communication. As the first chief executives of the new media era, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have established an online presence through the White House Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov . As the site has evolved, these administrations have had to balance the communication potential of technological innovations against the re…
Sex Differences in Politicization
The finding of significant preadult sex differences in politicization earlier by Owen and Dennis (1988) is explored further. Here, we examine the relationship between sex roles, mass media use, and preadult politicization. Using data from a study of 10-17 year olds in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, we discover significant sex differences in patterns of mass media use that favor boys. In addition, our analysis supports our speculation about a linka…
Tabloid Justice
Service Learning and Political Socialization
Social scientists' initial forays into the field of political socialization were directly linked to goals of creating good citizens beginning in childhood (Merriam 1931, 1934; Sears 1990; Wallas 1908). With the advent of behavioralism, however, researchers began viewing the study of political socialization as an end in itself (Ball 1995). The emphasis on objective, scientific analysis caused researchers to abandon participant observation, in-dept…
Governing with the News
Preadult Development of Political Tolerance
This is a study of the levels and origins of political tolerance using a sample of 10- to 17-year-old Wisconsin preadults and theirparents. The respondents were interviewed by telephone three times from early 1980 to late 1981. In general, political tolerance was low, both for parents and their children. The preadults, however, exhibited greater political tolerance than did their parents. Indeed, they showed an age-related developmental pattern o…
The Sound of Leadership
Gender differences in the politicization of American children
Resaerch on preadult political socialization conducted prior to the women's movement and the rise of feminist consciousness indicated that girls lagged behind boys in many aspects of their political development. Studies in the 1970s showed that this gap was closing. We examine preadult political orientations in the 1980s, and discover that the optimism of prior research is perhaps premature. Significant gender-related differenes exist for girls a…
Activities
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Gender and citizenship
Sex differences in politicization
Sex Differences in Politicization
The finding of significant preadult sex differences in politicization earlier by Owen and Dennis (1988) is explored further. Here, we examine the relationship between sex roles, mass media use, and preadult politicization. Using data from a study of 10-17 year olds in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, we discover significant sex differences in patterns of mass media use that favor boys. In addition, our analysis supports our speculation about a linka…
Divisive Nominating Mechanisms and Democratic Party Electoral Prospects
The purpose of this article is to explore the effect of divisive nominating campaigns within the Democratic party on the party's success in presidential elections. Divisiveness is defined as a function of the nominating method and the margin of victory. The individual and combined effects of each variable on Democratic party success is measured through bivariate, multivariate, and probit analyses. The results show that divisiveness hurts the Demo…
Remote and Controlled
Anti‐partyism in the USA and support for Ross Perot
This article provides an initial exploration into the phenomenon of anti‐sentiment in the USA. It explores the meaning and measurement of anti‐partyism, and introduces a series of empirical measures which tap three distinct dimensions of anti‐partyism ‐ dissatisfaction with the existing political parties, a preference for third party alternatives, and a desire to diminish the role of parties in the American political process. After using survey d…
Congressional Fellowship Program, 1995–96 and 1996–97
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Talk Radio and Evaluations of President Clinton
President Clinton has alleged that talk radio has had a negative effect on the public's perceptions of government, its leaders, and its policies. This article addresses the question of whether talk radio use is linked to evaluations of President Clinton. Using data from the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, the study finds that talk radio use corresponds to negative evaluations of Clinton's personal qualities and job performance, as…
New Media and American Politics
New Media and American Politics is the first book to examine the effect on modern politics of the new media, which include talk radio, tabloid journalism, television talk shows, entertainment media, and computer networks. Davis and Owen discuss the new media’s cultural environment, audience, and content, before going on to evaluate its impact on everything from elections to policy making to the old media itself.
Committees of the American Political Science Association
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Congress and the Internet
Information technologies have permeated society and political life. Congress also has been incorporating these new technologies as members have established their own Web sites and acquired e-mail addresses. Using a survey of congressional offices and a content analysis of congressional Web sites, we describe how Congress as an institution uses the Internet to disseminate information to the public and how individual members of Congress use the Int…
Governing with the News
Popular Politics and the Clinton/Lewinsky Affair
The Clinton/Lewinsky scandal unfolded in an era of “new media” politics that presented fresh and often unanticipated challenges for presidential leadership. New media actors, such as call‐in talk radio and TV hosts, tabloid journalists, and Internet gossip columnists, played a significant role in scandal politics. They influenced the framework within which stories were reported and perceived by the public. New media channels, in particular, frame…
Service Learning and Political Socialization
Social scientists' initial forays into the field of political socialization were directly linked to goals of creating good citizens beginning in childhood (Merriam 1931, 1934; Sears 1990; Wallas 1908). With the advent of behavioralism, however, researchers began viewing the study of political socialization as an end in itself (Ball 1995). The emphasis on objective, scientific analysis caused researchers to abandon participant observation, in-dept…
Popular Satisfaction with the Party System and Representative Democracy in the United States
There are a variety of explanations for diminished levels of popular support for American government, institutions, and leaders evident since the Watergate era. Prominent theories focus on the changing nature of US political culture or perceptions of economic conditions. A plausible alternative explanation is that citizens feel inadequately represented by agents of government, and that the linkages facilitating representation no longer function e…
Tabloid Justice
Talking about Politics
Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life. By Katherine Cramer Walsh. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. 264p. $57.00 cloth, $19.00 paper. Casual conversations that take place among groups of acquaintances can have significant implications for political identity formation. The core thesis of this impressive study by Katherine Cramer Walsh maintains that small groups work collectively to create social co…
Internet use and the 2000 presidential election
The Institution of the Media
Tim Cook's intellectual enthusiasm and scholarly energy are legendary. During a career that spanned nearly 30 years, Tim made outstanding marks in the areas of political socialization, legislative
Entertainment and Politics
Entertainment and Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization, by David J. Jackson." , 25(3), pp. 333–334
Presidential Communication in the Internet Era
The new media environment and the rise of the Internet have had important implications for presidential communication. As the first chief executives of the new media era, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have established an online presence through the White House Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov . As the site has evolved, these administrations have had to balance the communication potential of technological innovations against the re…
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