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dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorCustódio, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorGeys, Benny
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorPeralta, Susana
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-02T10:35:24Z
dc.date.available2023-10-02T10:35:24Z
dc.date.created2023-05-23T20:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.issn0261-3794
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3093434
dc.description.abstractThe way people absorb and process politically relevant information is central to their subsequent political behaviour (in terms of turnout and vote choice). Nonetheless, little is known about how young voters – who might be more impressionable than more experienced voters – respond to the provision of such information. In this article, we design a between-subject randomised controlled trial that exposes a sample of university students to positive, neutral or negative information about central government performance before the 2017 Portuguese local elections. We find that young voters update their perceptions more when exposed to negative news. This negativity bias is stronger for first-time voters. We also find that negative information significantly affects turnout of initially undecided young voters. Our results imply that sensitivity to information is heterogeneous and that some young voters may be prone to manipulation through the provision of negative news.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElservieren_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectElectionsen_US
dc.subjectFirst-time votersen_US
dc.subjectPerformance informationen_US
dc.subjectRandomised controlled trialen_US
dc.subjectNegativity biasen_US
dc.titleInformation, Perceptions, and Electoral Behaviour of Young Voters: A Randomised Controlled Experimenten_US
dc.title.alternativeInformation, Perceptions, and Electoral Behaviour of Young Voters: A Randomised Controlled Experimenten_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderElsevieren_US
dc.source.volume84en_US
dc.source.journalElectoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategyen_US
dc.identifier.cristin2148856
cristin.ispublishedfalse
cristin.fulltextpostprint
cristin.qualitycode2


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