Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorBanducci, Susan A.
dc.contributor.authorKritzinger, S
dc.contributor.authorGiebler, H
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-14T13:57:45Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-09
dc.description.abstractAccess 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 parties perfectly transmit positions, we know that citizens obtain political information via the news media and this news coverage can be biased in terms of salience leading to asymmetric information. Our study examines how information asymmetries in news coverage of parties influence knowledge about political party positions. Our findings show that the availability of information in the news media about a party increases knowledge about its position and party information in non-quality news reduces the knowledge gap more than quality news.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomic and Social Research Councilen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipAustrian Science Funden_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. forthcoming, pp. 1 - 38en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberES/K004395/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberS10902-G11en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/16805
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_GB
dc.subjectinformationen_GB
dc.subjectdemocracyen_GB
dc.subjectchoice modelsen_GB
dc.subjectParty Policiesen_GB
dc.titleKnowing More from Less: How the Information Environment Increases Knowledge of Party Positionsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2015-04-14T13:57:45Z
pubs.declined2015-10-07T13:46:31.82+0100
dc.descriptionArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.journalBritish Journal of Political Scienceen_GB


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record