Do as I say or do as I do? How social relationships shape the impact of descriptive and injunctive norms of voting.
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Do as I say or do as I do? How social relationships shape the impact of descriptive and injunctive norms of voting. / Fieldhouse, Edward; Cutts, David.
In: British Journal of Political Science, 17.06.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Do as I say or do as I do? How social relationships shape the impact of descriptive and injunctive norms of voting.
AU - Fieldhouse, Edward
AU - Cutts, David
PY - 2020/6/17
Y1 - 2020/6/17
N2 - Social norms play an important role in our understanding of why people vote, yet there is very little known about the relative importance of descriptive and injunctive norms for voter turnout or how normative influence is affected by the political and social relationship between citizens. Using political discussion network data from the British Election Study we examine the joint effect of descriptive and injunctive norms on turnout. We demonstrate that citizens follow the example of those closest to them (descriptive norms), especially their partner, but they also respond to social approval of voting from political discussants regardless of the nature of their relationship
AB - Social norms play an important role in our understanding of why people vote, yet there is very little known about the relative importance of descriptive and injunctive norms for voter turnout or how normative influence is affected by the political and social relationship between citizens. Using political discussion network data from the British Election Study we examine the joint effect of descriptive and injunctive norms on turnout. We demonstrate that citizens follow the example of those closest to them (descriptive norms), especially their partner, but they also respond to social approval of voting from political discussants regardless of the nature of their relationship
KW - injunctive norms
KW - descriptive norms
KW - turnout
KW - civic duty
KW - political discussion
KW - networks
KW - voting
U2 - 10.1017/S0007123420000058
DO - 10.1017/S0007123420000058
M3 - Article
JO - British Journal of Political Science
JF - British Journal of Political Science
SN - 0007-1234
ER -