Do televised presidential debates help inform voters
Do televised presidential debates help inform voters
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电视转播的总统辩论有助于让选民了解情况吗
DOI：
10.1080/08838159309364205
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发表时间：
1993
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
James B. Lemert
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作者：
James B. Lemert
大多数研究人员都认为总统辩论能让选民了解情况，但他们对辩论是否只会扩大知识差距持不同意见。另一种观点是，举行电视辩论比不举行电视辩论能让更广泛的选民了解情况。对1988年秋季竞选活动的辩论前和辩论后调查的重新分析表明：1）辩论开始后，知识差距指数获得了预测能力，但2）即使在控制了知识差距指数之后，总统辩论曝光仍然预测知识增益。
Most researchers agree that presidential debates inform voters, but they disagree about whether debates only serve to widen a knowledge gap. The alternative perspective is that the holding of televised debates serves to inform a wider spectrum of voters than not holding them would. Re‐analysis of pre‐debate and post‐debate surveys from the fall 1988 campaign shows: 1) knowledge gap indices gained predictive power once debates began, but 2) even after controlling for knowledge gap indices, presidential debate exposure still predicted knowledge gains.