PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE ACROSS ISSUES AND OVER TIME - INFORMATION CUES AND BIASES

Pluralistic ignorance is a well-documented phenomenon in public opinio n research. We adopt the social perspective on pluralistic ignorance a nd focus on the information environment for an explanation of it. Rega rding pluralistic ignorance as a problem of information, we consider i ts implications in terms of cross-sectional variation as well as over time. The empirical analysis combines a comparative study of issues an d analysis over time of gender issues and the question of returning te rritories for peace in Israeli public opinion.