In the study of political knowledge, the emphasis on facts is misplaced. Evidence has grown
that predispositions and social contexts shape how individuals are exposed to and interpret …

In political surveys, many citizens fail to answer, or provide incorrect answers to, factbased
questions about political figures and institutions. A common inference drawn from such …

Citizens' willingness to participate in politics is contingent on not only factual political
knowledge but their subjective perceptions of competence. We argue that media exposure …

Political knowledge is a central concept in the study of public opinion and political behavior.
Yet what the field collectively believes about this construct is based on dozens of studies …

What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics?
What does several decades of empirical research about citizens' political knowledge tell us …

Coping with the available amount of politically relevant information represents a major
challenge for anybody conceiving of themselves as participants in national, much less …

This book analyses the ability of individuals to create meaning through communicative
interaction and of what seems to constrain and enable actors in taking collectively binding …

Differences in knowledge about politics between men and women have the potential to
affect political discussion. We examine differences in the perception of political knowledge …

In this article I use pooled data from the 1988 and 1992 National Election Studies to explore
the relationship between knowledge of politics and belief that one can understand the …

Since the birth of the nation, concepts about the political duties of citizens have changed
drastically to keep pace with growth and development. The information needs have changed …