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Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

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Political Science

D-Index
30
Citations
3492
World Ranking
1196
National Ranking
63

Overview

Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck is affiliated with the University of Mannheim in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with an emphasis on Communication, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Political Science and International Relations. Their work encompasses a broad investigation of political discourse and participation, particularly in everyday settings.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as Social Media and Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Social Capital and Networks, Media Studies and Communication, and Social and Cultural Dynamics.

Recent publications include:

  • From the Living Room to the Meeting Hall? Citizens' Political Talk in the Deliberative System, 2020, Political Communication
  • Do people like to discuss politics? A study of citizens' political talk culture, 2023, European Political Science Review
  • Prerequisites of deliberative democracy: Inclusivity, publicity, and heterogeneity of German citizens' everyday political talk, 2022, Studies in Communication and Media
  • Asymmetric Communication and Internal Exclusion in Everyday Political Talk, 2022, Frontiers in Political Science
  • Everyday Political Talk with Strangers: Evidence on a Neglected Arena of the Deliberative System, 2023, Politische Vierteljahresschrift

Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck frequently publishes in several academic journals, including:

  • Politische Vierteljahresschrift
  • Political Communication
  • European Political Science Review
  • Studies in Communication and Media
  • Frontiers in Political Science

They collaborate with other researchers in the field, with frequent co-authors such as Christian Schnaudt, Christiane Grill, Manuel Neumann, and Alexander Staudt.

Best Publications

  • Do political campaigns matter? : campaign effects in elections and referendums

    David M. Farrell;Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Paul F. Lazarsfeld/Bernard Berelson/Hazel Gaudet, The People’s Choice. How the Voter Makes Up his Mind in a Presidential Campaign, New York/London 1944

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • The 'Alternative für Deutschland' in the electorate : between single-issue and right-wing populist party

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Mass communication, personal communication and vote choice: the filter hypothesis of media influence in comparative perspective

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Seymour M. Lipset/Stein Rokkan (Hrsg.), Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-National Perspectives, New York/London 1967

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Trust in Democratic Institutions in Germany: Theory and Evidence Ten Years After Unification

    Robert Rohrschneider;Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Comparing Political Communication: THEORIES AND METHODS

    Frank Esser;Barbara Pfetsch

  • Euro-Kritik, Wirtschaftspessimismus und Einwanderungsskepsis: Hintergründe des Beinah-Wahlerfolges der Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) bei der Bundestagswahl 2013

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Why Voters Decide Late: A Simultaneous Test of Old and New Hypotheses at the 2005 and 2009 German Federal Elections

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Julia Partheymüller

  • MASS MEDIA, THE ELECTORATE, AND THE BANDWAGON. A STUDY OF COMMUNICATION EFFECTS ON VOTE CHOICE IN GERMANY

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Seeking the Soul of Democracy: A Review of Recent Research into Citizens’ Political Talk Culture

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Oana Lup

  • Politische Kommunikation und Wählerverhalten

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Shaky attachments: Individual-level stability and change of partisanship among West German voters, 1984–2001

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Stefan Weick;Bernhard Christoph

  • Social networks and mass media as mobilizers and demobilizers: A study of turnout at a German local election

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Christian Mackenrodt

  • Politische Kommunikation und Wählerverhalten : ein internationaler Vergleich

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Do political campaigns matter? : Yes, but it depends

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;David M. Farrell

  • The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2005 German General Election

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Thorsten Faas

  • Polls that Mattered: Effects of Media Polls on Voters’ Coalition Expectations and Party Preferences in the 2005 German Parliamentary Election

    Thorsten Faas;Christian Mackenrodt;Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Studying political campaigns and their effects

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;David M. Farrell

  • Bandwagon Effect

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Die AfD nach der rechtspopulistischen Wende

    Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Jan W. van Deth;Alexander Staudt

  • The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2009 German General Election

    Mona Krewel;Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck;Ansgar Wolsing

  • The mass media in third-wave democracies: gravediggers or seedsmen of democratic consolidation?

    K. Voltmer;R. Schmitt-Beck

  • New Modes of Campaigning

    Rüdiger Schmitt‐Beck

  • A “Social Logic” of Demobilization: The Influence of Political Discussants on Electoral Participation at the 2009 German Federal Election

    Julia Partheymüller;Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

  • Introduction: The Age of Non-Party Actors?

    D Farrell;R. Schmitt-Beck

  • Trust in Democratic Institutions in Germany, Theory and Evidence Ten Years After Unification.

    R. Schmitt-Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Farrell
David M. Farrell University College Dublin
Robert Rohrschneider
Robert Rohrschneider University of Kansas
Jan W. van Deth
Jan W. van Deth University of Mannheim
Thomas Poguntke
Thomas Poguntke Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Vienna
Hermann Schmitt
Hermann Schmitt University of Mannheim
Marc Debus
Marc Debus University of Mannheim
Thomas Gschwend
Thomas Gschwend University of Mannheim
Kenneth Newton
Kenneth Newton University of Southampton

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