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Few will doubt the importance of the role that communication technology played in American politics in 2020. The Factors and Behaviors Associated with Legislator Use of Communication Technology examines the various factors and behaviors associated with legislator use of communication technology. Offering both macro and micro level perspectives as well as quantitative and qualitative data analyses, a broad perspective of the role that communication technology plays in driving legislator behavior is provided. Building a theoretical structure, this book begins with an examination of how communication technology can destabilize the policymaking process and offers an overview of media and policy process theories, and legislator roles and the association of these roles with the use of communication technology. Moving to the micro level, the authors present quantitative and qualitative evidence associated with legislator behaviors associated with the use of communication technology including compromise behaviors and political ideological polarization, closing with an examination of the use of communication technology by legislators during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Instabilities in the Policy Process: The Critical Frequency Theory
Chapter 2: Media and Policy Process Theories
Chapter 3: The Complexity of Legislative Roles, Information, and Communication Technology
Chapter 4: Communication Technology Associated Behaviors
Chapter 5: Communication Technology Use and Importance, Arizona State Legislators
Chapter 6: Communication Technology and Legislator Compromise
Chapter 7: Political Ideological Polarization and Internet Enabled Communication Technologies
Chapter 8: Communication Technologies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
About the author
By Joe West; Jingjing Gao and Sojin Jang
