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Changed perceptions, Unchanged Evaluations? The Relationship Between the Image Persuasive and Image Priming Effects of Presidential (Un)responsiveness on Foreign and Domestic Policy |
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Researchers have started to analyze how politician behavior and rhetoric can prime certain image dimensions, leading citizens to evaluate politicians along these dimensions. This incipient body of work provides intriguing evidence that politicians can and do change image perceptions through speeches and policy activity, especially in the foreign policy domain. In this paper, I contribute to this literature by assessing the image persuasive and image priming effects of presidential responsiveness and unresponsiveness. I argue that changes in public perceptions of the extent to which a politician possesses a certain trait (image persuasion) do not necessarily change the weight given to that trait in overall approval evaluations (image priming). I report the results of an original experiment manipulating whether a president is responsive or unresponsive to public opinion, either on a foreign policy issue or on a domestic issue. This allows me to compare the differential effects of (un)responsiveness in the different issue domains. My findings confirm that image persuasion does not necessarily lead to image persuasion. I discuss the implications for research on politician strategy, presidential politics, priming, and persuasion. |
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Name: Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| van Doorn, Bas. "Changed perceptions, Unchanged Evaluations? The Relationship Between the Image Persuasive and Image Priming Effects of Presidential (Un)responsiveness on Foreign and Domestic Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 02, 2009 <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p364283_index.html> |
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| van Doorn, B. , 2009-04-02 "Changed perceptions, Unchanged Evaluations? The Relationship Between the Image Persuasive and Image Priming Effects of Presidential (Un)responsiveness on Foreign and Domestic Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-11-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p364283_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Researchers have started to analyze how politician behavior and rhetoric can prime certain image dimensions, leading citizens to evaluate politicians along these dimensions. This incipient body of work provides intriguing evidence that politicians can and do change image perceptions through speeches and policy activity, especially in the foreign policy domain. In this paper, I contribute to this literature by assessing the image persuasive and image priming effects of presidential responsiveness and unresponsiveness. I argue that changes in public perceptions of the extent to which a politician possesses a certain trait (image persuasion) do not necessarily change the weight given to that trait in overall approval evaluations (image priming). I report the results of an original experiment manipulating whether a president is responsive or unresponsive to public opinion, either on a foreign policy issue or on a domestic issue. This allows me to compare the differential effects of (un)responsiveness in the different issue domains. My findings confirm that image persuasion does not necessarily lead to image persuasion. I discuss the implications for research on politician strategy, presidential politics, priming, and persuasion. |
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| The Image Persuasive and Image Priming Effects of Presidential (Un)responsiveness on Foreign and Domestic Policy* Bas W. van Doorn Department of Political Science College of Wooster 1189 Beall Ave Wooster OH 44691 bvandoorn@wooster.edu DRAFT: PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT PERMISSION *Prepared for delivery at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 2-5 2009 Chicago IL. I would like to thank Angie Bos Jamie Druckman Wendy Rahn Brian Southwell and John Sullivan for their help. ABSTRACT: |
| “Issue Ownership in Presidential Elections with a 1980 Case Study.” American Journal of Political Science 40: 825-850. Riker William H. 1993. “Introduction.” In Agenda Formation William H. Riker (ed.) pp. 1–10. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Schattschneider E.E. 1960. The Semi-Sovereign Republic. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston. van Doorn Bas W. 2008. Defying or Deifying the Public: The Communication and Conditional Effects of Presidential (Un)responsiveness. Doctoral Dissertation University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Department of Political Science. Wildavsky Aaron. |
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