Political Pluralism and the Information Search: Determinants of Group Opinionation
It is a necessary condition that people have an opinion about groups before they can use groups to help make sense of the political world. Beyond individual resources and motivation, the strength of social ties and amount of agreement within networks situated within more or less supportive social contexts affect whether individuals seek out and receive information about groups sufficient to form an opinion of them. The author tests this argument with a sample of Republican primary voters in order to address the implications for the place of interest groups in society and the study of social interaction.
Under the new circ um stances,the working conditions of undergraduates have changed tremendously,and t he students' work is confronted with new challenges.How to strengthen and improv e the college students' ideological and political work has become a top priority task in colleges.This paper mainly studies the issue by analyzing its changing conditions,updating the educational concepts,es-tablishing the ideological conc ept of taking the students as the dominant factor,strengthening the cultural est ablishment of colleges,and adhering to keeping with the times,opening up and inn ovating.