Personality traits and citizens´ conversations about politics: An integrative approach to the study on how citizens discuss politics


Grill, Christiane



URL: https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/publications/wp/w...
Document Type: Working paper
Year of publication: 2021
The title of a journal, publication series: Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers
Volume: 176
Place of publication: Mannheim
Publishing house: MZES
ISSN: 1437-8574
Publication language: English
Institution: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department B
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Keywords (English): political discussions , political talk , personality traits , interpersonal communication , public sphere
Abstract: The growing scholarly interest in the ‘talk-centric democracy’ has resulted in a substantial body of research on citizens’ engagement in political conversations. While previous studies have mainly looked at variables predicting the frequency with which citizens engage in political conversations, this study extends this body of research by focusing on four aspects that concern the form of citizens’ political talk more specifically, namely the communicative role, speaking up in and withdrawing from informal conversations, and active participation in discussions at public meetings. In doing so, this study highlights the influence of micro-level psychological factors on patterns of citizens’ engagement in everyday political talk. However, it also demonstrates that an integrative application of various predictor variables is necessary to comprehensively assess citizens’ conversations about politics. Lastly, this work helps to better understand how differences in people’s personality traits affect how they participate in political talks.




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