Political Radicalization as a Communication Process
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Communication Research
- Vol. 1 (3) , 243-263
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009365027400100301
Abstract
Based on data taken from 412 adult education students in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this research attempts to show that attitudes toward French Canadian Separatism by the sample members can be accounted for by differentiaf communication processes. Results show that attitudes held by sample members are well explained (R2 = .64) by a weighted average of the information they received from interpersonal and media sources. The resultant attitude shows substantial effects on behaviors related to separatism for the same respondents.Keywords
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