Knowing More from Less: How the Information Environment Increases Knowledge of Party Positions

被引：48
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作者：
Banducci, Susan [1 ]
Giebler, Heiko [2 ]
Kritzinger, Sylvia [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England
[2] WZB Berlin Social Sci Ctr, Berlin, Germany
[3] Univ Vienna, Vienna, Austria
来源：
BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2017年 / 47卷 / 03期
基金：
英国经济与社会研究理事会; 奥地利科学基金会;
关键词：
SOFT NEWS; ELECTION CAMPAIGN; PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; MEDIA; COVERAGE; UNCERTAINTY; CITIZENS; EXPOSURE; EUROPE; IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1017/S0007123415000204
中图分类号：
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号：
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要：
Access to information is a hallmark of democracy, and democracy demands an informed citizenry. Knowledge of party positions is necessary for voters so that electoral choices reflect preferences, allowing voters to hold elected officials accountable for policy performance. Whereas most vote choice models assume that parties perfectly transmit positions, citizens in fact obtain political information via the news media, and this news coverage can be biased in terms of salience - which leads to asymmetric information. This study examines how information asymmetries in news coverage of parties influence knowledge about political party positions. It finds that the availability of information in the news media about a party increases knowledge about its position, and that party information in non-quality news reduces the knowledge gap more than information in quality news.
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页码：571 / 588
页数：18
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