POLS 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Longitudinal Study
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Where do we get our opinions/beliefs about politics? o o o o o o o o o o o. If we know your parents political views we probably know yours. People seek out media sources that you agree with. Age (life events, life cycle effects, cohort effects) There are people in your past that you admire. What things form opinion or knowledge? o o o o. You are going to be interested in things that are going to affect you. Most peoples views are narrow because they don"t have time. Wealthy people are more knowledgeable cuz they have more time. Ideology-set of beliefs to guide the processing of information. They use there belief to apply them to the current situation. If you like or care about someone you agree with what they say. Generally americans lack knowledge of specific political issues. They say everything is going wrong and it is not changing anything.
