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Battleground

Battleground

Battleground

Asymmetric Communication Ecologies and the Erosion of Civil Society in Wisconsin
Lewis A. Friedland , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dhavan V. Shah , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael W. Wagner , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Katherine J. Cramer , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chris Wells , Boston University
Jon Pevehouse , University of Wisconsin, Madison
July 2022
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    Battleground models Wisconsin's contentious political communication ecology: the way that politics, social life, and communication intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic decline. Drawing from 10 years of interviews, news and social media content, and state-wide surveys, we combine qualitative and computational analysis with time-series and multi-level modeling to study this hybrid communication system – an approach that yields unique insights about nationalization, social structure, conventional discourses, and the lifeworld. We explore these concepts through case studies of immigration, healthcare, and economic development, concluding that despite nationalization, distinct state-level effects vary by issue as partisan actors exert their discursive power.

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    July 2022
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9781108950428
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    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction: Why Wisconsin?
    • 2. Communication ecologies, social structure, and lifeworld
    • 3. Studying the Wisconsin communication ecology
    • 4. Immigration: Complex issues and conservative asymmetries
    • 5. Healthcare: A national issue with lifeworld implications
    • 6. Foxconn and economic development in the local communication ecology
    • 7. Understanding communication ecologies in asymmetric media systems
    • 8. Conclusion
    • References.
      Authors
    • Lewis A. Friedland
    • Dhavan V. Shah
    • Michael W. Wagner
    • Katherine J. Cramer
    • Chris Wells
    • Jon Pevehouse

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