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Paper doi abstract bibtex Theorists posit that a public - unlike a mass of individual forms opinions through awareness of multiple viewpoints and recog tion of opposition in a polity. Whether individuals pursue informatio others' political preferences is another matter. While some are motiv to seek as much information as possible, others seek information that s ports their own preference. This differential pattern of awareness implications for individuals' assessment of collective preferences. T article extends recent research on motivated reasoning to test whet accuracy goals (i.e., reaching correct conclusions) and directional g (i.e., reaching preferred conclusions) affect perceptions of majority p erences. Results show that motivated reasoning affects overestimate support, of both national-level opinion and modal opinion in discuss groups, even after controlling for partisan strength, demographics, exposure, political knowledge, and interest. Implications for conside public opinion are discussed in the conclusion.
@article{nir_motivated_2011,
title = {Motivated {Reasoning} and {Public} {Opinion} {Perception}},
volume = {75},
issn = {1537-5331, 0033-362X},
url = {https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/poq/nfq076},
doi = {10.1093/poq/nfq076},
abstract = {Theorists posit that a public - unlike a mass of individual forms opinions through awareness of multiple viewpoints and recog tion of opposition in a polity. Whether individuals pursue informatio others' political preferences is another matter. While some are motiv to seek as much information as possible, others seek information that s ports their own preference. This differential pattern of awareness implications for individuals' assessment of collective preferences. T article extends recent research on motivated reasoning to test whet accuracy goals (i.e., reaching correct conclusions) and directional g (i.e., reaching preferred conclusions) affect perceptions of majority p erences. Results show that motivated reasoning affects overestimate support, of both national-level opinion and modal opinion in discuss groups, even after controlling for partisan strength, demographics, exposure, political knowledge, and interest. Implications for conside public opinion are discussed in the conclusion.},
language = {en},
number = {3},
urldate = {2024-06-16},
journal = {Public Opinion Quarterly},
author = {Nir, Lilach},
year = {2011},
pages = {504--532},
}
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