The Concept of Political Sophistication
Labeling the Unlabeled
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6348674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melissa Gallina (0000-0003-1004-6881, Waseda University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 836-846 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-9299 • E-ISSN: 1478-9302 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14789299221146058 |
| OpenAlex | W4319839706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 60 |
The concept of political sophistication, first introduced almost 60 years ago, is still widely discussed in political studies. However, due to the discrepancies in definitions, indicators, and findings, it is often difficult to discern how various approaches have contributed to the broader literature. Thus, to propose an intellectual order, this article uses a simple classification to understand these studies: the distinction between sophistication as the complexity of political reasoning ( cognitive sophistication) and sophistication as the amount of political information ( pragmatic sophistication). In addition, this article discusses the most recent developments in research and examines why previous literature have generally overlooked them. Finally, it provides a schematic summary that can serve as a guide to understanding the variety of research on political sophistication
Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Schematic · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics · Artificial Intelligence
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Who is Ideological? Measuring Ideological Consistency in the American Public
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Do Women Know Less About Politics Than Men? The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge in Europe
How Cross-Cutting News Exposure Relates to Candidate Issue Stance Knowledge, Political Polarization, and Participation
Informed, uninformed or misinformed? A cross-national analysis of populist party supporters across European democracies
Cognitive Sophistication, Religion, and the Trump Vote
An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy
Electoral volatility, political sophistication, trust and efficacy
Cross-National Variation in the Political Sophistication of Individuals
Political sophistication in Central and Eastern Europe
Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting
The nature of belief systems in mass publics (1964)
Political sophistication affects how citizens’ social policy preferences respond to the economy
Can Citizens Discern? Information Credibility, Political Sophistication, and the Punishment of Corruption in Brazil
Political Sophistication and the Dimensionality of Elite and Mass Attitudes, 1980−2004
The Determinants of Political Knowledge in Comparative Perspective
Ideology in the Public's Conceptualization of the 1964 Election
Measuring Belief System Structure
Conspiratorial Thinking and Political Constraint
Reacting to Neighborhood Cues? Political Sophistication Moderates the Effect of Exposure to Immigrants
Consensual Attitudes and Attitude Structure
How candidate characteristics matter
Ideologically consistent, but for whom? An empirical assessment of the populism-elitism-pluralism set of attitudes and the moderating role of political sophistication
Political Awareness, Opinion Constraint and the Stability of Ideological Positions
The Impact of Political Sophistication and Motivated Reasoning on Misinformation
Clearer Cues, More Consistent Voters
Political Information, Political Involvement, and Reliance on Ideology in Political Evaluation
Reconsidering the Measurement of Political Knowledge
Approaches to Studying Policy Representation
Ambivalent or indifferent? Reconsidering the structure of EU public opinion
Voters are not fools, or are they? Party profile, individual sophistication and party choice
The Representation Gap and Political Sophistication
Party Polarization and "Conflict Extension" in the American Electorate
Gender, Political Knowledge, and Descriptive Representation
How People Organize the Political World
Measuring Political Sophistication
The Application of Individual Differences Scaling to the Measurement of Political Ideologies
Measuring Political Knowledge
Deplorables
Static Stability and Evolving Constraint
Does sophistication increase partisan bias? Evidence from a cross-national analysis
Moral discourse in the Twitterverse
Explaining political sophistication
The impact of party polarization on ideological voting
The Question(s) of Political Knowledge
Neither Ideologues nor Agnostics
Partisans without Constraint
Issue alignment and partisanship in the American public
Political competence and ideological constraint
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |