Pluralistic ignorance across issues and over time information cues and biases

Jacob Shamir, Michal Shamir

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Abstract

Pluralistic ignorance is a well-documented phenomenon in public opinion research. We adopt the social perspective on pluralistic ignorance and focus on the information environment for an explanation of it. Regarding pluralistic ignorance as a problem of information, we consider its implications in terms of cross-sectional variation as well as over time. The empirical analysis combines a comparative study of issues and analysis over time of gender issues and the question of returning territories for peace in Israeli public opinion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)227-260
Number of pages34
JournalPublic Opinion Quarterly
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes

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