A Source of Bias in Public Opinion Stability

• Published in: The American political science review Vol. 106; no. 2; pp. 430 - 454
• Main Authors: DRUCKMAN, JAMES N., FEIN, JORDAN, LEEPER, THOMAS J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Audiences; Bias; Communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Experiments; Framing effects; Freedom of speech; Health care; Health care costs; Health care inequality; Health care policy; Health care reform; Health Care Services; Housing; Information; Information search; Information search behavior; Information Seeking; Polarization; Political campaigns; Political Communication; Political debate; Political power; Political science; Political stability; Primacy effect; Public Opinion; Public safety; Research Design; Speech; Stability; Urbanization; USA PATRIOT Act 2001-US

A long acknowledged but seldom addressed problem with political communication experiments concerns the use of captive participants. Study participants rarely have the opportunity to choose information themselves, instead receiving whatever information the experimenter provides. We relax this assumpt...