Emily Sydnor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Sydnor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Sydnor |
| SIGNATURE | SYDNOR E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0601-5153 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Taylor N. Carlson and Jaime E. Settle. What Goes Without Saying
Blind Trust, Blind Skepticism
Public perceptions of science and scientific institutions have become more negative in recent years, especially among individuals who identify as ideologically conservative in the United States. While there is much work investigating the origins and implications of this decline, we focus instead on understanding the ways in which symbols of scientific expertise, like the university, convey information in a politicized environment. Universities ar…
Confronting Politics
Previous research (Testa et al 2014, Mutz 2015) finds that conflict orientation—individuals’ psychological predisposition towards conflict--conditions attitudes of people in the United States in the face of political disagreement. However, little research has been done into how conflict orientation influences the ways in which people engage in conversation that has the potential to become uncomfortable or contentious. While we argue that conflict…
Covid-19 and the Culture of American Federalism
COVID-19 highlighted America’s federalist structure as the dissemination of pandemic information was frequently left to states and localities. For some citizens, this was a welcome relief from national-level policymaking and political narratives, though others argued that the federal government was failing to live up to its obligations. We identify three reasons for variation in Americans’ trust in information from different levels of government:…
The Correlates and Characteristics of American State Identity
The Federalist Papers highlight the role that citizens’ state identities will play in American federalism, yet some scholars argue that contemporary Americans have shed their state attachments. Drawing on data from a nationally representative survey, we demonstrate that individuals still hold dual national and state identities, and that the likelihood that one will feel attached to their state depends on a variety of individual characteristics su…
Civility through the comparative lens
One of the biggest hurdles for scholars studying incivility in any country is agreement on a definition. Is incivility a set of social norms or a strategic tool of politicians (Herbst, 2010)? Is it a dimension of negativity or can you have positive incivility (Kahn and Kenney, 1999; Brooks and Geer, 2007)? If our awareness of incivility is dependent on a variety of individual-level characteristics and social norms, this presents an array of chall…
Empowering and Engaging Students Through Civically Engaged Research
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With Laughter and a Little Follow-Through
Signaling Incivility
Imagine an individual who denies service to a same-sex couple while using linguistic techniques associated with politeness—optimism, apology, and reciprocity: “I’m really sorry, gentlemen, but you understand that while we would like to help you, we cannot serve you here.” Is this person being uncivil? Some scholars would say yes—they are conveying anti-democratic messages in their decision to discriminate. Would we see their statement as uncivil …
Disrespectful Democracy
The majority of Americans think that politics has an "incivility problem" and that this problem is only getting worse. Research demonstrates that negativity and rudeness in politics have been increasing for decades. But how does this tide of impolite-to-outrageous language affect our reactions to media coverage and our political behavior?Disrespectful Democracy offers a new account of the relationship between incivility and political behavior bas…
Disrespectful Democracy
Platforms for Incivility
This article investigates how the mix of attributes present across different media shapes perceptions of incivility. I argue that certain modalities, particularly the channel and structure of a media platform, facilitate the perception of media as more uncivil even if the content is kept the same. To test this argument, I conduct two survey experiments in which participants are randomly assigned to treatments in which the substantive content and …
Easing Political Digestion
We focus on “curated news:” a collection of links delivered to one’s inbox, phone, or RSS feed. These digests vary in the extent to which they contextualize the information they present. Some offer headlines with links to the full article, while others summarize and interpret the story for the reader. Using a survey experiment, we vary the amount of contextualization present in a set of curated links. We find that increased curation decreases the…
Assessing Undergraduate Student Learning in Political Science
This article describes the creation and implementation of a new online assessment program (“PACKS”) for the department of politics at the University of Virginia. It discusses the benefits of online assessments, including the ease of administration, minimal faculty involvement, ability to link assessment data to existing student data (e.g., GPA and courses completed), and ability to track student progress over time. The assessment can be easily ad…
Platforms for Incivility
This article investigates how the mix of attributes present across different media shapes perceptions of incivility. I argue that certain modalities, particularly the channel and structure of a media platform, facilitate the perception of media as more uncivil even if the content is kept the same. To test this argument, I conduct two survey experiments in which participants are randomly assigned to treatments in which the substantive content and …
The Correlates and Characteristics of American State Identity
The Federalist Papers highlight the role that citizens’ state identities will play in American federalism, yet some scholars argue that contemporary Americans have shed their state attachments. Drawing on data from a nationally representative survey, we demonstrate that individuals still hold dual national and state identities, and that the likelihood that one will feel attached to their state depends on a variety of individual characteristics su…
Covid-19 and the Culture of American Federalism
COVID-19 highlighted America’s federalist structure as the dissemination of pandemic information was frequently left to states and localities. For some citizens, this was a welcome relief from national-level policymaking and political narratives, though others argued that the federal government was failing to live up to its obligations. We identify three reasons for variation in Americans’ trust in information from different levels of government:…
Empowering and Engaging Students Through Civically Engaged Research
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Easing Political Digestion
We focus on “curated news:” a collection of links delivered to one’s inbox, phone, or RSS feed. These digests vary in the extent to which they contextualize the information they present. Some offer headlines with links to the full article, while others summarize and interpret the story for the reader. Using a survey experiment, we vary the amount of contextualization present in a set of curated links. We find that increased curation decreases the…
Assessing Undergraduate Student Learning in Political Science
This article describes the creation and implementation of a new online assessment program (“PACKS”) for the department of politics at the University of Virginia. It discusses the benefits of online assessments, including the ease of administration, minimal faculty involvement, ability to link assessment data to existing student data (e.g., GPA and courses completed), and ability to track student progress over time. The assessment can be easily ad…
Easing Political Digestion
We focus on “curated news:” a collection of links delivered to one’s inbox, phone, or RSS feed. These digests vary in the extent to which they contextualize the information they present. Some offer headlines with links to the full article, while others summarize and interpret the story for the reader. Using a survey experiment, we vary the amount of contextualization present in a set of curated links. We find that increased curation decreases the…
Assessing Undergraduate Student Learning in Political Science
This article describes the creation and implementation of a new online assessment program (“PACKS”) for the department of politics at the University of Virginia. It discusses the benefits of online assessments, including the ease of administration, minimal faculty involvement, ability to link assessment data to existing student data (e.g., GPA and courses completed), and ability to track student progress over time. The assessment can be easily ad…
Platforms for Incivility
This article investigates how the mix of attributes present across different media shapes perceptions of incivility. I argue that certain modalities, particularly the channel and structure of a media platform, facilitate the perception of media as more uncivil even if the content is kept the same. To test this argument, I conduct two survey experiments in which participants are randomly assigned to treatments in which the substantive content and …
Signaling Incivility
Imagine an individual who denies service to a same-sex couple while using linguistic techniques associated with politeness—optimism, apology, and reciprocity: “I’m really sorry, gentlemen, but you understand that while we would like to help you, we cannot serve you here.” Is this person being uncivil? Some scholars would say yes—they are conveying anti-democratic messages in their decision to discriminate. Would we see their statement as uncivil …
Disrespectful Democracy
The majority of Americans think that politics has an "incivility problem" and that this problem is only getting worse. Research demonstrates that negativity and rudeness in politics have been increasing for decades. But how does this tide of impolite-to-outrageous language affect our reactions to media coverage and our political behavior?Disrespectful Democracy offers a new account of the relationship between incivility and political behavior bas…
Disrespectful Democracy
With Laughter and a Little Follow-Through
Civility through the comparative lens
One of the biggest hurdles for scholars studying incivility in any country is agreement on a definition. Is incivility a set of social norms or a strategic tool of politicians (Herbst, 2010)? Is it a dimension of negativity or can you have positive incivility (Kahn and Kenney, 1999; Brooks and Geer, 2007)? If our awareness of incivility is dependent on a variety of individual-level characteristics and social norms, this presents an array of chall…
Empowering and Engaging Students Through Civically Engaged Research
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Confronting Politics
Previous research (Testa et al 2014, Mutz 2015) finds that conflict orientation—individuals’ psychological predisposition towards conflict--conditions attitudes of people in the United States in the face of political disagreement. However, little research has been done into how conflict orientation influences the ways in which people engage in conversation that has the potential to become uncomfortable or contentious. While we argue that conflict…
Covid-19 and the Culture of American Federalism
COVID-19 highlighted America’s federalist structure as the dissemination of pandemic information was frequently left to states and localities. For some citizens, this was a welcome relief from national-level policymaking and political narratives, though others argued that the federal government was failing to live up to its obligations. We identify three reasons for variation in Americans’ trust in information from different levels of government:…
The Correlates and Characteristics of American State Identity
The Federalist Papers highlight the role that citizens’ state identities will play in American federalism, yet some scholars argue that contemporary Americans have shed their state attachments. Drawing on data from a nationally representative survey, we demonstrate that individuals still hold dual national and state identities, and that the likelihood that one will feel attached to their state depends on a variety of individual characteristics su…
Taylor N. Carlson and Jaime E. Settle. What Goes Without Saying
Blind Trust, Blind Skepticism
Public perceptions of science and scientific institutions have become more negative in recent years, especially among individuals who identify as ideologically conservative in the United States. While there is much work investigating the origins and implications of this decline, we focus instead on understanding the ways in which symbols of scientific expertise, like the university, convey information in a politicized environment. Universities ar…
Political science (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works)