审议小组作为公众知识来源:公民倡议审查的大型样本测试
John Gastil1, Kristinn Már Ársælsson2, Katherine R Knobloch3
1Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
PloS one
|July 27, 2023
概括
公民倡议审查 (CIR) 通过提供平衡的信息,提高选民的政策知识. 对审议过程的信任有助于克服错误信息,增强选举中的知情决策.
科学领域:
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
- 公民参与 公民参与
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 美国媒体和政治制度面临着错误信息的挑战,侵蚀了公众对机构的信任.
- 公民企业家正在制定制度改革,以加强民主决策.
- 公民倡议审查 (CIR) 是一个有前途的干预措施,在多个州和国家进行了测试.
研究的目的:
- 评估公民倡议审查 (CIR) 对选民政策知识的影响.
- 调查信仰在审议和响应CIR信息时的有动机推理中的作用.
- 评估CIR在打击错误信息和培养知情公众论方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 从2010年至2018年期间,对13个CIR进行的调查实验的汇总结果.
- 收集了来自10,872名注册选民的数据,包括82个经验性权利要求的67,120个知识分数.
- 分析了阅读CIR问题指南对选民知识和动机的影响.
主要成果:
- 阅读CIR指南显著提高了选民的政策知识.
- 对知识的积极影响在那些对审议更有信心的选民中更为强烈.
- 有证据表明,CIR可以减少有动机的推理,并鼓励准确性的动机.
结论:
- 公民倡议审查 (CIR) 有效地提高了选民的知识,并打击了错误信息.
- 对同行审议的信任是改善公众对政策问题的理解的关键因素.
- 在广泛的错误信息时代,CIR是振兴民主决策的宝贵工具.
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