(Mis)Informed: What Americans Know About Social Groups and Why it Matters for Politics

by Nazita Lajevardi and Marisa Abrajano

This Element examines just how much the public knows about some of America's most stigmatized social groups, who comprise 40.3% of the population, and evaluates whether misinformation matters for shaping policy attitudes and candidate support. The authors design and field an original survey containing large national samples of Black, Latino, Asian, Muslim, and White Americans, and include measures of misinformation designed to assess the amount of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108794815
• ISBN13: 9781108794817
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"