The invented state : policy misperceptions in the American public / Emily Thorson.
Series: Journalism and political communication unbound: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197512364Subject(s): Political culture -- United States
| Misinformation -- United States | Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects -- United States | Public opinion -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century | United States -- Politics and government -- Public opinion | Society | Society & culture: generalAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197512326DDC classification: 306.20973 LOC classification: JK1726 | .T54 2024Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Many Americans hold substantial misperceptions about what the government actually does. However, they get the facts wrong not because they are lazy, stupid, or blinded by partisan loyalty. Rather, information about existing policy is largely unavailable to them. News coverage instead prioritizes strategy, novelty, and change. Faced with these gaps in their knowledge, people often engage in inductive reasoning about public policies, especially when they care deeply about a particular issue. They draw on cues from the environment (often including misleading information from elites) and their own cognitive heuristics to make inferences about what the government does. Many of these inferences are incorrect, and taken together they make up what I call the "invented state": widespread misperceptions about public policy.
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Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many Americans hold substantial misperceptions about what the government actually does. However, they get the facts wrong not because they are lazy, stupid, or blinded by partisan loyalty. Rather, information about existing policy is largely unavailable to them. News coverage instead prioritizes strategy, novelty, and change. Faced with these gaps in their knowledge, people often engage in inductive reasoning about public policies, especially when they care deeply about a particular issue. They draw on cues from the environment (often including misleading information from elites) and their own cognitive heuristics to make inferences about what the government does. Many of these inferences are incorrect, and taken together they make up what I call the "invented state": widespread misperceptions about public policy.
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