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All of the People, All of the Time: An Analysis of Public Reaction to the Use of Deception by Political Elites

Miller, Jakob A
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9991-3154
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1491839441434844

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Political Science.
Despite the public's uniformly dismal assessment of politicians' honesty, they react by punishing some offences and seemingly ignoring others. I use data from multiple survey experiments as well as an examination of electoral polling data to show that public reaction to accusations of deception against politicians is guided by the principle of expectancy violations. I find that when deception is expected, it does not draw cognitive focus from members of the public, thereby causing the public to punish only lies they find unusual. In this way, a reputation as a liar may produce a sort of inoculation effect: that is, the fact that a politician is often accused of lying may contribute to public tolerance of them continuing to do so.
Thomas Nelson, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Michael Neblo, Dr. (Committee Member)
Nathaniel Swigger, Dr. (Committee Member)
194 p.
Political Science
Trump; political science; deception; experiment; political behavior; lying; politics; 2016 election; survey research; expectancy violations; Watergate; expectations; motivated reasoning; political lies; elite dominance; political psychology

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  • Miller, J. A. (2017). All of the People, All of the Time: An Analysis of Public Reaction to the Use of Deception by Political Elites [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1491839441434844

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miller, Jakob. All of the People, All of the Time: An Analysis of Public Reaction to the Use of Deception by Political Elites. 2017. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1491839441434844.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miller, Jakob. "All of the People, All of the Time: An Analysis of Public Reaction to the Use of Deception by Political Elites." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1491839441434844

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