When Less is More: The Role of Low-Quality Information on Affective Polarization

• In Event: Affective Polarization

Brief Overview

This study links information quality and the Dunning-Kruger effect to affective polarization, using ANES 2020 data to show that low-quality information correlates with overconfidence, reduced political knowledge, and increased polarization.

Authors

• Mickael Temporão, Sciences Po Bordeaux

• Laurence-Olivier M. Foisy, Universite Laval

• Jérémie Drouin, Universite Laval

• Hubert Cadieux, Universite Laval

• Yannick Dufresne, Universite Laval