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Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain
European politicians have become increasingly concerned about the possible distorting effects of citizens not only being uninformed, but systematically misinformed about the European Union (EU). Against this background, this study assesses the role of EU knowledge in shaping the preference to vote t...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544071/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36248058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13316 |
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author | Partheymüller, Julia Kritzinger, Sylvia Plescia, Carolina |
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description | European politicians have become increasingly concerned about the possible distorting effects of citizens not only being uninformed, but systematically misinformed about the European Union (EU). Against this background, this study assesses the role of EU knowledge in shaping the preference to vote to leave or remain in a (hypothetical) referendum on EU membership using cross‐national survey data that were collected simultaneously in eight EU countries during the run‐up to the 2019 EP elections. The surveys included a newly designed item battery of EU knowledge capturing both the accuracy as well as confidence in knowledge of the respondents. The results show that misinformedness is associated with a preference to leave the EU, the uninformed citizens tend to be undecided or not intending to vote, while the well‐informed prefer to remain. Overall, our findings contribute to the ongoing debates about the role of misinformation in politics. |
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spelling | pubmed-95440712022-10-14 Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain Partheymüller, Julia Kritzinger, Sylvia Plescia, Carolina J Common Mark Stud Original Articles European politicians have become increasingly concerned about the possible distorting effects of citizens not only being uninformed, but systematically misinformed about the European Union (EU). Against this background, this study assesses the role of EU knowledge in shaping the preference to vote to leave or remain in a (hypothetical) referendum on EU membership using cross‐national survey data that were collected simultaneously in eight EU countries during the run‐up to the 2019 EP elections. The surveys included a newly designed item battery of EU knowledge capturing both the accuracy as well as confidence in knowledge of the respondents. The results show that misinformedness is associated with a preference to leave the EU, the uninformed citizens tend to be undecided or not intending to vote, while the well‐informed prefer to remain. Overall, our findings contribute to the ongoing debates about the role of misinformation in politics. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-01-24 2022-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9544071/ /pubmed/36248058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13316 Text en © 2022 The Authors. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies published by University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Partheymüller, Julia Kritzinger, Sylvia Plescia, Carolina Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain |
title | Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain |
title_full | Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain |
title_fullStr | Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain |
title_full_unstemmed | Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain |
title_short | Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain |
title_sort | misinformedness about the european union and the preference to vote to leave or remain |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544071/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36248058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13316 |
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