Policy Mood and Political Sophistication: Why Everybody Moves Mood
Policy Mood and Political Sophistication: Why Everybody Moves Mood
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政策情绪和政治复杂性：为什么每个人都会改变情绪
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Paul M. Kellstedt
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作者：
P. Enns;Paul M. Kellstedt
本文提出的证据表明，舆论的微观（个人层面）和宏观（总体层面）理论都夸大了政治复杂性对于舆论变化的重要性。有人认为，即使是政治上最不成熟的社会阶层也会收到有关经济的信息，并利用这些信息来更新对政治问题的态度。为了检验这一假设，作者使用综合社会调查数据构建了一个包含 31 项政策情绪的指标，按政治复杂性分类，时间跨度从 1972 年到 2004 年。他们发现，所有子群体通常会同时、以相同的方向和大致相同的程度改变观点。此外，他们还表明，不同复杂程度的群体改变观点的原因主要是相同的。
This article presents evidence that both micro (individual level) and macro (aggregate level) theories of public opinion overstate the importance of political sophistication for opinion change. It is argued that even the least politically sophisticated segment of society receives messages about the economy and uses this information to update attitudes about political issues. To test this hypothesis, the authors have used General Social Survey data to construct a 31-item measure of policy mood, disaggregated by political sophistication, that spans from 1972 to 2004. They found that all the subgroups generally changed opinion at the same time, in the same direction, and to about the same extent. Furthermore, they show that groups at different sophistication levels change opinions for predominantly the same reasons.