Information-Seeking Behavior and Uncertainty Reduction for Elections
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Ortez, Stephania, Isabel
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2023-05-16
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Communication , Political science , Academic theses , Elections , Information behavior , Elections--Social aspects , Hispanic Americans , Uncertainty (Information theory)--Social aspects
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This work examined how people prioritize existing information seeking strategies to reduce uncertainty about election matters. To properly analyze the preference of existing information-seeking strategies, each strategy was identified as Interactive, Active, Extractive, or Passive. Additionally, this study examined if there were differences among different racial groups’ information-seeking preferences.
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