The main objective of the article is to attempt to provide a more sociological explanation of why some people attack and insult others online, i.e., considering not only their personality structure ...but also social and situational factors. The main theoretical dichotomy we built on is between powerful high‐status and low‐on‐empathy “bullies” trolling others for their own entertainment, and people who are socially isolated, disempowered, or politically involved, therefore feel attacked by others’ beliefs and opinions expressed online, and troll defensively or reactively instead of primarily maliciously. With an MTurk sample of over 1,000 adult respondents from the US, we tested these assumptions. We could confirm that there are two categories and motivations for trolling: for fun and more defensive/reactive. Further, we checked how strongly precarious working conditions, low social status, social isolation, and political as well as religious affiliation of the person increase or decrease the probability of trolling as well as enjoyment levels from this activity. We controlled for personality traits, social media use and patterns, as well as sociodemographic factors. We could confirm that political identities and religiosity increase the likelihood of, but not the enjoyment of trolling; however, socio‐economic factors do not have the same differentiating effect.
While many scholars investigate the determinants of negativity in the political sphere, it remains largely unclear why some politicians are more negative than others. Studies thus far lack ...explanations at the individual level, and they almost exclusively focus on negativity during electoral races. Surveying national and regional representatives in Belgium (N = 228), this study seeks to explain individual politicians' willingness to go negative during everyday politics. The results show that negativity is not so much related to institutionally driven differences between representatives but more to politicians' personal characteristics and preference roles. Negative politics, hence, is not an inevitable result of institutional structures, rules, and norms, but rather depends on the characteristics and motivations of the individual representatives citizens elect.
Članek obravnava zaključek Sofoklove Antigone, presunljivo upodobitev Kreontovega zloma, kesanja in umika, ki ga sodobne interpretacije tega temeljnega tragiškega dela – osredotočene predvsem na ...središčni spopad med Antigono in Kreontom – prepogosto spregledajo. Natančna analiza Kreontovih in zborskih sklepnih replik – tako v izvirniku kot bogati slovenski prevodni tradiciji – ter njihovega širšega duhovnozgodovinskega konteksta (še zlasti atiškega razumevanja razmerja med božjim in državnim zakonom) razkriva izzivalno teopolitično poanto, ki začrtuje pomenski horizont celotnega Sofoklovega dela. V navezavi na te ugotovitve članek razvija pojem negativne politike, s katerim ponudi okvir za razumevanje dveh antagonističnih teopolitičnih paradigem v Antigoni, ki s specifično dinamiko svojega trka napovedujeta tudi nekatere prepoznavne duhovne in družbene pretrese modernosti.
For a Research Agenda on Negative Politics Nai, Alessandro; Garzia, Diego; Aaldering, Loes ...
Politics and governance,
12/2022, Letnik:
10, Številka:
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This thematic issue deals with the “negative” side of politics, more specifically with dynamics of political aggressiveness and ideological opposition in voters and elites. Why do candidates “go ...negative” on their rivals? To what extent are voters entrenched into opposing camps parted by political tribalism? And are these dynamics related to the (dark) personality of candidates and the expression of emotions in voters? A series of contributions written by leading and emerging scholars provide novel and groundbreaking empirical evidence along three main lines: (a) the evolution, causes, and consequences of political attacks and incivility by political elites; (b) the drivers and dimensions of affective polarization and negative voting in the public; and (c) the dynamics of candidate’s personality and perceptions, the affective roots of attitudes and behaviors. This thematic issue aims at setting the stage for a new research agenda on negative politics, able to generate new insights by triangulating evidence and approaches from strands of literature that have mostly evolved on separate tracks.
The present research investigates managerial practices for reducing negative politics at a national electricity provider in a Southern African Development Community (SADC) country. The study is ...triggered by rive organisational politics that has rendered the national electricity provider dysfunctional and less productive over the years. The present research provides a theoretical review on managerial practices for reducing negative politics as well as exploratory factor analysis that identified common factors of managerial practices. The data was subjected to the Bartlett test of sphericity and the Kaiser Meyer Olkin (K-M-O) measure of sampling adequacy to ensure that factor analysis was the appropriate statistical tool. The results showed that managerial participation and managerial fairness are potential measures for minimising dysfunctional politics. The present research paper recommends for a comprehensive managerial support strategy that encompass upholding transparency and fairness, instituting an effective organisational communication strategy, forming alliances, engaging key stakeholders and ensuring equitable distribution of resources as fundamental managerial measures that can take the national electricity provider to the next level, proceeding forward continuously.
The present research investigates the effects of organisational politics. The research takes a slightly different angle of organisational politics, one that includes traditional conceptualisations of ...politics as typically having a negative connotation to the organisation and the other view of politics as a positive event within the contemporary organisation. Statistical analysis was done to identify common factors on the effects of organisational politics. To achieve this, "exploratory factor analysis" was used. To scientifically subject the data for factor analysis the Bartlett test of sphericity and the Kaiser Meyer - Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy were performed to ensure that factor analysis was the appropriate statistical tool. The research revealed that, organisational motivators, organisational demotivators, and labor turnover were common factors of organisational politics. The research recommends that managers and employees must be proactive in dealing with organisational politics. The reactiveness must be encored in democratic decision making in which all parties demonstrate the "will" to work with and through organisational politics notwithstanding consolidation of the positive side of politics.
In December 2001, Argentina experienced a decisive crisis. A financial collapse accelerated by the massive flight of capital and the IMF denial of a new loan was followed by a popular insurrection ...which, by putting forward the slogan ¡que se vayan todos, que no quede ni uno solo!2 forced the resignation of national authorities. Whilst Duhalde's provisional government is negotiating the conditions for international financial support, faced with inflation and the rise of the dollar exchange rate, social mobilisation is expanding in new forms. This paper argues that the popular insurrection of December 2001 opened a space for the reinvention of the political as negative politics, the asambleas barriales constituting one example of this.
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