Information processing and public opinion

Cassino, Dan; Taber, Charles S.; Lodge, Milton

doi:10.1007/s11615-007-0044-3

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“…According to Lusardi (2004), who conducted a study on planning and saving for retirement, the general interest in welfare topics depends, among other things, on the extent to which people gain from gathering information about the issue; hence, migrants who have no need for healthcare might be less interested in acquiring knowledge about their right to access this welfare service. This is in line with research on information processing, according to which self-interest does influence attention to certain information sources (see Cassino, Taber, & Lodge, 2007).…”

Section: Self-interest and Necessitysupporting

confidence: 88%

Determinants of migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights

Seibel

2019

Health Sociology Review

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Although an increasing number of studies emphasise migrants' knowledge about their healthcare rights as crucial for their healthcare usage, almost none examine the conditions under which migrants acquire this knowledge. This study contributes to the literature by studying the main determinants of migrants' knowledge about their healthcare rights: Self-interest and necessity, human capital, and social capital. I use unique data collected through the project Migrants' Welfare State Attitudes (MIFARE), where we surveyed 10 different migrant groups within Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany on their relation to the welfare state, including healthcare. Analysing a total sample of 6,864 migrants using multinomial logistic regression analyses I find that migrants' knowledge about their healthcare rights depends mainly on their education and language skills. Both factors enable migrants to grasp health-related information and to become informed about their healthcare rights. I also observe a network effect since healthcare experiences of family members contribute to migrants' healthcare knowledge. Social ties to the co-ethnic community, however, do not explain why some migrants know more about their healthcare rights than others. Lastly, I find large differences between migrant groups, which remain even after controlling for all relevant factors.

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Section: Self-interest and Necessitysupporting

confidence: 88%

Determinants of migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights

Seibel

2019

Health Sociology Review

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“…Second, seeing the smiling picture of the commissioner and her name generated positive name recognition about Berry among some of these voters. This favorable recognition caused this group of voters to update their running tally about Berry in the manner described by Cassino, Taber, and Lodge (2007; see also see also Lodge et al, 1989;Lodge et al, 1995;Taber & Lodge, 2000), but without any cost to Berry's campaign fund. 5 Third, these favorable feelings translated into votes for Berry on Election Day as this additional piece of information about Berry was enough to improve the running tally about Berry and sway some voters to her side who otherwise would not have voted for her if they were only given the partisan heuristic.…”

Section: The Elevator Effect: a Theory Of Advertisingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Elevator Effect

Smith

Weinberg²

2015

American Politics Research

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This article examines the extent to which advertising outside of an explicit campaign environment has the potential to benefit the electoral fortunes of incumbent politicians. We make use of a novel case of non-campaign advertising, that of North Carolina Secretary of Labor Cherie Berry (R-NC), who has initiated the practice of having her picture and name displayed prominently on official inspection placards inside all North Carolina elevators. We extend Mayhew's theory of advertising to a non-campaign environment and then theorize that Berry serves as a novel case of non-campaign-specific advertising via a priming mechanism. We then test our theory using spatial regression methods and find that Berry outperformed other statewide Republican candidates in the 2012 North Carolina elections. Our findings suggest that candidates can use this form of advertising to indirectly improve their electoral fortunes.Just over 40 years ago, Mayhew (1974) wrote that members of Congress were single-minded seekers of reelection who utilized advertising, position taking, and credit claiming to ensure that their constituents reelect them as

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“…The capacity of the working memory is limited (Boston, Hale, Vasishth, & Kliegl, 2011;Capraro, Capraro, & Rupley, 2012), to the extent that humans are unable to respond to every piece of information consciously, or recognize all features and patterns of information simultaneously (Cassino, Taber, & Lodge, 2007;Tversky & Kahneman, 1981). Students therefore need to process or discern multiple patterns of information unconsciously, parallel to the conscious processes (Lewicki et al, 1992;Westen, 2006).…”

Section: Conscious and Unconscious Information Processing In Human Mementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, the memory has usually been considered a device to be employed consciously for the retrieval of information (Cassino et al, 2007). Not all stored information, however, is necessarily processed or retrieved consciously (Caplan & Walter, 1996).…”

Section: Does the Human Memory Require Conscious Awareness To Acquirementioning

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The role of unconscious information processing in the acquisition and learning of instructional messages

Kuldas

Bakar²,

Ismail

2017

EJREP

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This review investigates how the unconscious information processing can create satisfactory learning outcomes, and can be used to ameliorate the challenges of teaching students to regulate their learning processes. The search for the ideal model of human information processing as regards achievement of teaching and learning objectives is a recurring issue in educational studies. Although conscious processes are more conducive to the objectives than unconscious processes, they do not necessarily result in satisfactory learning of instructional messages. Studies reviewed here show that the unconscious can play a facilitatory role in the encoding, storage, retrieval processes of information and learning activities, even when the conscious fails to achieve this. To take advantages of both conscious and unconscious processes, relevant literature suggests educators utilizing visual teaching aids that optimize use of working memory capacity and allow students to form mental imageries, thereby facilitating the comprehension of instructional messages.Keywords: unconscious processes, conscious processes, information acquisition, mental imagery, visual information processing. Received ResumenEsta revisión investiga cómo el procesamiento de la información inconsciente, puede ayudar a crear resultados satisfactorios en el aprendizaje, y puede ser utilizado para mejorar los retos de enseñar a los alumnos para regular sus procesos de aprendizaje. La búsqueda del modelo ideal del procesamiento de la información humana, para delimitar los procesos y los objetivos de aprendizaje es un tema recurrente en los estudios educativos. A pesar de que los procesos conscientes son los más implicados para la consecución de los objetivos educativos y de la preocupación por estos procesos, ello no se ha traducido necesariamente en aprendizaje satisfactorio de las informaciones educativas. Los estudios revisados aquí muestran que el inconsciente puede jugar un papel facilitador en la codificación, el almacenamiento, procesos de recuperación de información y actividades de aprendizaje, aún cuando la conciencia no puede lograr este objetivo. Para aprovechar las ventajas delos procesos, tanto conscientes como inconscientes, la literatura sugiere que los educadores deben utilizan ayudas visuales de enseñanza que optimizan el uso de la capacidad de memoria de trabajo y permitir así a los estudiantes formar imaginarios mentales, lo que facilita la comprensión de los mensajes educativos.Palabras clave: procesos inconscientes, procesos conscientes, adquisición de información, imaginarios mentales, procesamiento visual de la información.

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Information processing and public opinion

Cited by 20 publications

References 71 publications

Determinants of migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights

Determinants of migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights

The Elevator Effect

The role of unconscious information processing in the acquisition and learning of instructional messages

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