ARTICLES - The Political Environment and Citizen Decision Making: Information, Motivation, and Policy Tradeoffs
In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 410-424
ISSN: 0092-5853
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In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 410-424
ISSN: 0092-5853
In: American journal of political science, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 1
ISSN: 1540-5907
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 560, Heft 1, S. 143-154
ISSN: 1552-3349
An important dimension of the future of fact is the status of political facts in research on public opinion. Analyzing the public's factual knowledge about public policy is central to addressing citizen competence yet more problematic than scholars have acknowledged. To show this, the authors first summarize a study of theirs that uses typical measures of citizens' information. In a survey of Illinois citizens, they measured factual perceptions about welfare policy. They found that citizens are not only uninformed about welfare but often misinformed—confident in erroneous perceptions. Such misinformation apparently has significant effects on attitudes toward welfare. The authors then consider some conceptual difficulties in research on citizens' information about policy. If the purpose is to ascertain how much information citizens possess, then the researcher must stipulate the relevant facts about an area of policy. But political facts are in large part politically determined, and the researcher often cannot identify precisely what the true and relevant facts are. Finally, the authors suggest a research approach in which citizens, in effect, choose the relevant facts themselves.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 560, S. 143-154
ISSN: 0002-7162
An important dimension of the future of fact is the status of political facts in research on public opinion. Analyzing the public's factual knowledge about public policy is central to addressing citizen competence, yet is problematic. To show this, scale data from 600+ IL citizens were used to measure factual perceptions about welfare policy. Findings indicate that citizens are not only uninformed about welfare but often misinformed -- confident in erroneous perceptions. Such misinformation apparently has significant effects on attitudes toward welfare. Conceptual difficulties in research on citizens' information about policy are considered. If the purpose is to ascertain how much information citizens possess, then the researcher must stipulate the relevant facts about an area of policy. But political facts are in large part politically determined, & the researcher often cannot identify precisely what are the true & relevant facts. A research approach in which citizens, in effect, choose the relevant facts themselves is suggested. 15 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 121
ISSN: 1939-9162
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 69, Heft 4, S. 957-974
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 790-816
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 790-816
ISSN: 0022-3816
Scholars have documented the deficiencies in political knowledge among American citizens. Another problem, misinformation, has received less attention. People are misinformed when they confidently hold wrong beliefs. We present evidence of misinformation about welfare & show that this misinformation acts as an obstacle to educating the public with correct facts. Moreover, widespread misinformation can lead to collective preferences that are far different from those that would exist if people were correctly informed. The misinformation phenomenon has implications for two currently influential scholarly literatures: the study of political heuristics & the study of elite persuasion & issue framing. 2 Tables, 7 Figures, 49 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 790-816
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 1-27
ISSN: 0092-5853
THE RESEARCH REPORTED IN THIS ARTICLE EMPLOYS AN EXPERIMENTAL SURVEY TO ASCERTAIN THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF AFFECT AND COGNITION ON POLITICAL TOLERANCE JUDGEMENTS. IT STATES THAT PEOPLE'S SUPPORT OF VARIOUS GROUP'S ACTIVITIES STEMS LARGELY FROM THEIR GUT-LEVEL REACTON TO THE GROUPS RATHER THAN FROM CONSIDERED THOUGHT ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTS. MOREOVER, AND CONTRARY TO CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, DELIBERATION TENDS TO REDUCE TOLERANCE. THIS PHENOMENON ARISES BECAUSE INSTRUCTING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT CONSEQUENCES LEADS THEM TO CONSIDER AN AMALGAM OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN CONFLICT, AND OF WHICH TOLERANCE IS ONLY ONE.
In: Journal of Politics, Band 69, Heft 4, S. 957-974
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In: American journal of political science, Band 41, Heft 2, S. 402
ISSN: 1540-5907
In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 41, Heft 2, S. 402-419
ISSN: 0092-5853
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 3
ISSN: 1939-9162
In: American political science review, Band 85, Heft 4, S. 1341, 1357
ISSN: 0003-0554