Enthusiasm, trust and its erosion in mediated politics: On fans of Obama and the Liberal Democrats
نویسنده
چکیده
This article explores the interplay of political enthusiasm as a form of fandom and the creation and disappearance of trust as a result of the evolving relationship between fans and their objects of fandom. Drawing on semistructured interviews with supporters of Barack Obama and the UK Liberal Democrats, the article illustrates how the bond between fans and their political fan object is built in the highly polysemic environment of convergence media in which audiences actively construct textual boundaries. Based on projective and self-reflective readings, enthusiasts of given political causes, actors or parties thus build an affective attachment to their fan object which allows for the creation of trust in its perceived proximity. If such readings become unsustainable over time, this affective bond and its associated levels of trust are eroded.
منابع مشابه
Feminism and Abortion in the United States’ Party Politics
Abstract The feminist movement in the United States like other countries has tried to establish equality for women. From the first attempts to gain constitutional right for vote, up to the current radical demands, feminists have struggled to make changes in the U.S. party politics and obtain their rights within the parties. One of the important issues in which women played a key role in party ...
متن کاملInvestigating the cognitive and social behaviors of fans and the effect of these behaviors on their enthusiasm to attend the stadium
This study was aimed to investigate the cognitive and social behaviors of fans and the effect of these behaviors on their enthusiasm to attend the stadium. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and terms of type in the category of descriptive-correlational research and is based on structural equation modeling. In this regard, 384 spectators of the sports teams of the top leagues of...
متن کاملErosion of Trust in the Medical Profession in India: Time for Doctors to Act
In India, over the last decade, a series of stewardship failures in the health system, particularly in the medical profession, have led to a massive erosion of trust in these institutions. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the situation is similar and has reached crisis proportions; this crisis requires urgent attention. This paper draws on the insights from the recent developme...
متن کاملCommunity Psychology as a Process of Citizen Participation in Health Policy; Comment on “The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy”
This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Speed and Mannion that explores “The Rise of post truth populism in liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.” It considers their assertion that through meaningful democratic engagement in health policy, some of the risks brought about by an exclusionary populist politics can be mediated. With an overview of what participation means in ...
متن کاملJunior coalition parties in the British context: Explaining the Liberal Democrat collapse at the 2015 general election
The Liberal Democrats’ performance in the 2015 general election provides an opportunity to examine the only case in the post-war period of a national junior coalition partner in British politics. Comparative research highlights competence, trust and leadership as three key challenges facing junior coalition parties. This article uses British Election Study data to show that the Liberal Democrat...
متن کامل