Communication Competence as a Foundation for Civic Competence: Processes of Socialization into Citizenship

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Collection of the data presented here was undertaken by a consortium of communication and political science faculty from six major universities: University of Arkansas (Todd Shields and Robert Wicks), University of Kansas (David Perlmutter), University of Michigan (Erika Franklin Fowler), University of Missouri (Esther Thorson), University of Texas (Dustin Harp and Mark Tremayne), and University of Wisconsin (Barry Burden, Ken Goldstein, Hernando Rojas, and Dhavan Shah). Shah organized this team of scholars and served as the principal investigator for this survey panel. These researchers are grateful for the support received from the following sources: the Hamel Faculty Fellowship, the Graduate School, and Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin; the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri; the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications and the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas; the University of Texas Office of the Vice President for Research; and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at the University of Michigan. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting sources or participating faculty.