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Barabas, Jason. and Jerit, Jennifer. "Bankrupt Rhetoric: The Debate over Social Security Reform and Citizen Knowledge" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66257_index.html>

Barabas, J. and Jerit, J. , 2002-08-28 "Bankrupt Rhetoric: The Debate over Social Security Reform and Citizen Knowledge" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66257_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Most citizens know very little about politics. Scholars often attribute political ignorance to individual-level factors, but we concentrate on the quality of the information environment. We show that exposure to policy specific facts increases the likelihood that citizens correctly answer questions about Social Security's future. Misleading statements have the opposite effect, significantly decreasing correct responses and vastly increasing wrong ones. To a considerable degree and independent of other socio-demographic characteristics, many citizens mistakenly believe that Social Security is going broke and that politicians have spent the reserves because political elites in the Social Security reform debate distort the truth. That the political information environment has such dramatic effects on knowledge has profound implications for policymakers attempting to remake America's largest federal program, scholars studying citizen competence, and citizens in a representative democracy. Check author's web site for an updated version of the paper.

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