Finding the Truth in Politics: An Empirical Validation of the Epistemic Political Efficacy Concept.
Self-efficacy theory suggests that one’s perceived ability to successfully find facts may motivate political information seeking. A telephone survey of voters in a presidential campaign attempted to further validate the concept of epistemic political efficacy (EPE), or belief one can discover the “t...
| Publicado en: | Atlantic Journal of Communication Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16 |
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