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Information-processing by individual political actors. The determinants of exposure, attention and action in a comparative perspective (INFOPOL). (INFOPOL)

A well-functioning democracy implies that political actors are aware of the real problems in society, their potential solutions, and the associated preferences of citizens. This requires information about the real world. This project examines how individual political actors process information coming out of society. Its goal is to lay bare the patterns whereby exposure to certain types of information regarding problems lead to specific forms of attention to that information triggering particular kinds of action by political actors.
Date:1 Oct 2012 →  30 Sep 2017
Keywords:POLITICAL PROCESSES, SOCIETY, POLITICS
Disciplines:International and comparative politics, National politics, Political behaviour, Political organisations and institutions, Comparative politics, Public opinion
Project type:Collaboration project