Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
2017
Publication Source
The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.013.79_update_001
Abstract
After exploring the challenges involved in defining incivility, this chapter addresses the evolution of the concept, notes the dispute over trend lines, and précises work on its psychological effects. It then outlines some functions that civility and incivility serve, such as the functions of differentiating and mobilizing, marginalizing the powerless, expressing, and deliberating. The use of calls for civility as a means of social control is discussed, and then the chapter flags questions worthy of additional attention.
Copyright/Permission Statement
“The Political Uses and Abuses of Civility and Incivility” by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Allyson Volinsky, Ilana Weitz, and Kate Kenski in The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kate Kenski, 2017, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press.
Keywords
civility, incivility, effects of incivility, functions of civility, functions of incivility
Recommended Citation
Jamieson, K. H., Volinsky, A., Weitz, I., and Kenski, K. (2017). “The Political Uses and Abuses of Civility and Incivility” in K. H. Jamiesone and K. Kenski (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication. New York, Oxford University Press.
Date Posted: 12 July 2019