Improving the political judgement of citizens
Why the Task Environment Matters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Leruth (0000-0002-1999-918X, University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Gerry Stoker (0000-0002-8172-3395, University of Southampton, UK and University of Canberra, Australia) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 381-396 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557320x15837138808157 |
| OpenAlex | W3015122099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
Internal political efficacy (that is, beliefs about one’s ability to process and participate effectively in politics) is known to be shaped by factors such as levels of interest in politics, trust in institutions and awareness of political developments and debates. In this article, we show that the task environment also has an impact on internal political efficacy, and that little research has been done on this issue. We draw on data from focus groups in Australia, where citizens were asked to make political judgements in contrasting task environments: state elections and the 2017 same-sex marriage plebiscite. We examine four features of task environments: framing choice; issue content; the nature of available cues; and whether the task environment stimulates cognitive effort. We conclude that concerns about the internal political efficacy of voters should be addressed by exploring how the task environment created for political choice might be made more amenable in order to improve the political judgement of citizens
Cognition · Economics · Framing (construction · Judgement · Management · Political communication · Political efficacy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Task (project management · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
The Submerged State
The Participation Gap
Invariants of Human Behavior
Reconsidering the Rational Public
The Reasoning Voter
Elements of Reason
How can we trust our fellow citizens
Uninformed Why People Seem to Know So Little about Politics and What We Can Do about It
Democracy for Realists
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Electoral and Policy Consequences of Voter Turnout
Voice and Equality
When Duty Calls, Do Citizens Answer
Does political discourse matter? Comparing party positions and public attitudes on immigration in England
On the Reasonableness of Compelling Citizens to ‘Vote
Predicting the Vote
The Calculus of Voting in Compulsory Voting Systems
When Ballot Issues Matter
The Psychological Veracity of Zaller's Model
Explaining voting in the 2017 Australian same-sex marriage plebiscite
Making a Difference
High turnout in the Low Countries
Information and direct democracy
The Two Faces of Issue Voting
Pathway to Political Participation
Beyond SES
Shortcuts Versus Encyclopedias
Unequal Participation
Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study
The Pitfalls and Promise of Focus Groups as a Data Collection Method
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |