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Diana Carole Mutz

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Diana Carole Mutz

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Philadelphia (affiliated with University of Pennsylvania)

Career

Occupations
Political scientist, Communication researcher, Professor
Active Years
1988-
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (Samuel A. Stouffer Professor; Director, Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics)
Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences

Education

Northwestern University
Degree: B.S.
Year of Graduation: 1984
Country: United States
Stanford University
Political Science
Degree: A.M.
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: United States
Stanford University
Political Science
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1988
Country: United States
Dissertation: "Yours, mine and ours: Information sources, perceptions of unemployment and their political consequences"

Awards

Goldsmith Book Prize
2007
Work: Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy
Organization: Harvard University
Result: 受賞
Lifetime Career Achievement Award in Political Communication
2011
Organization: American Political Science Association
Result: 受賞
Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008
Organization: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result: 選出
Guggenheim Fellowship
2016
Organization: Guggenheim Foundation
Result: 受賞
Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2021
Organization: National Academy of Sciences
Result: 選出

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy

2006 Political science / Social science

An empirical study of political communication and civic participation. Analyzes how exposure to political discussion affects citizens' attitudes and participation, contrasting deliberative processes with participatory approaches.

Deliberative democracyCivic participationPolitical discussionMedia and opinion formation

Yours, mine and ours: Information sources, perceptions of unemployment and their political consequences (Dissertation)

1988 Political science / Academic dissertation

Dissertation examining how information sources and perceptions of unemployment influence political attitudes.

Economic perceptionsInformation sourcesPolitical attitudes

Bibliography

  • Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy (2006)
  • Yours, mine and ours: Information sources, perceptions of unemployment and their political consequences (1988)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly, empirical writingData-driven analysis
Recurring Motifs
Contrast between deliberation and participationStatus threatMedia and political attitudes

Legacy

An internationally recognized scholar in political communication and civic behavior. Through major works and numerous honors and fellowships (including Guggenheim, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences), she has contributed to theory and empirical research on deliberative democracy and status threat.

Academic Societies

  • American Political Science Association
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences

Quotes

  • Evidence of voters politicizing personal economic hardship has been exceedingly rare.
    Source: Study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and related media coverage (2018)

Trivia

  • Served as editor-in-chief of the journal Political Behavior.
  • Received the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University in 2007.
  • Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016 and elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.