Brief notes.
Prior, M. (2019). Hooked: How politics captures people’s interest. Cambridge University Press.
Table of Chapters
| Topic & Hypothesis | Chapter |
|---|---|
| 1. What is political interest? | |
| Cognition & affect hypothesis: Political interest has both cognitive and affective elements | 2 |
| Valence hypothesis: Politically interested people do not necessarily have positive emotional reactions | 2 |
| Importance hypothesis: Positively related to perceived importance of politics | 2 |
| Efficacy hypothesis: Political efficacy raises political interest | 2, 14 |
| Instrumentality hypothesis: Instrumental value of political domains to people | 3, 12 |
| RQ: How many content dimensions does political interest have? | 3, 4 |
| RQ: Is political interest dispositional? | 4, 5, 7 |
| RQ: Can events trigger situational political interest? | 4, 5, 6 |
| 2. When does political interest change? | |
| Aging hypothesis: Aging raises political interest | 6 |
| Stabilization hypothesis: Individual-level stability of political interest increases with age | 6 |
| Event-driven socialization hypothesis: Events have a stronger effect among young people | 7 |
| Curiosity hypothesis: Faster development among people with open personality | 8 |
| Cognitive ability hypothesis: Faster development among people with high cognitve ability | 8 |
| 3. What changes political interest? | |
| Education hypothesis: Education raises political interest | 10 |
| Resource hypothesis: Material resources are not causally related to political interest | 12 |
| Partisan identity hypothesis: Identification with a political party raises political interest | 14 |
| System support hypothesis: Trust in government and satisfaction with democracy increase interest | 14 |
| Selectivity hypothesis: Selective encounters (e.g., involvement in civic organization) have no effect | 13 |
| Inadvertent political encounters hypothesis: Inadvertent/unavoidable political experiences raise interest | 10 |
| Parental influence hypothesis: Parents’ political interest affects interest of their children | 11 |