political sophistication
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandsophistication
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
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sophistication
noun[U]
uk/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/səˌfɪs.təˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the quality of ...
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In other words, this analysis does not negate previous findings that opinion change and attitude stability vary bypoliticalsophistication.
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We also tested indirectly (using education as a proxy variable) whether levels ofpoliticalsophisticationor information affected our conclusions.
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Politicalsophisticationreflects the degree to which individuals consume political information, creating gaps in campaign reception across individuals.
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A parallel concept to democratic quality that has been suggested in this paper ispoliticalsophistication.
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Campaigns appear to generate learning about ideology among those with the least information, individuals with low levels ofpoliticalsophistication.
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The high correlation suggests that education level is indeed a valid measure ofpoliticalsophistication.
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In contrast,politicalsophisticationdoes moderate campaign effects in terms of ideology in expected ways.
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In particular, attention is paid to whether campaign effects vary across levels ofpoliticalsophistication, institutional clarity of responsibility and types of electoral institutions.
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Instead, the instability of responses relating to ideology is expected to be solely a function ofpoliticalsophistication.
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Since our aim is to subdivide the public according to levels ofpoliticalsophistication, the fully aggregated data are not useful in the current context.
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The relationship ofpoliticalsophisticationto message reception and resistance creates multiple potential expectations for opinion change.
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Conceptually we agree with these definitions ofpoliticalsophistication.
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The rising middle class with its strong consumerist tendencies has meant that political awareness andpoliticalsophisticationin general has taken a backseat.
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Because people with low levels ofpoliticalsophisticationhold small stores of political knowledge, they are more likely to accept the political messages they encounter.
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For example, one variable which is likely to be correlated with cognitive ability and which is readily available in current datasets ispoliticalsophistication.
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The ruling party was led by racialists who also possessed an unusual level ofpoliticalsophistication.
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Such orientations do change at the individual level, according to how people perceive incumbent government performance, an impact which does not depend onpoliticalsophistication.
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On the contrary, it may attest to a degree ofpoliticalsophistication.
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The alternative label 'intellect' suggests a possible overlap between openness to experience and indicators ofpoliticalsophisticationsuch as education level and political knowledge.
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Comparison between these rebellions also highlights interesting contrasts, particularly in terms of scale andpoliticalsophistication.
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