Uninformed
Subtitle: why people know so little about politics and what we can do about it
By: Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780190263720
Subjects: Education; Citizenship; Social aspects; Political socialization; Civics; Political aspects; Political participation; Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: From infinite ignorance to knowledge that matters ; Who are the educators and how can we help them?; title: The value of information. Three definitions ; The silver bullet ; The logic of competence ; Lost in the woods ; Attracting attention ; Building source credibility ; The politics of competence ; Value diversity and how to manage it ; Complexity and framing ; Political roles : who needs to know? ; Costs and benefits; title: How to improve "political knowledge". What we know ; Reading the questions, understanding the answers ; Political knowledge scales : something doesn't add up ; Assessing information assessments ; All in good measure ; The silver lining.