Informed or Overwhelmed? Disentangling the Effects of Cognitive Ability and Information on Public Opinion
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007123425000055
Abstract: Abstract Received wisdom in political science holds that informed citizens are better able to develop coherent, stable policy preferences. However, past research fails to differentiate between the effects of information and cognitive ability. I show… read more here.
Keywords: informed overwhelmed; information; disentangling effects; ability ... See more keywords