ABSTRACT
So to return to our original question, to ask how people learn about politics presupposes that we agree about the matter of politics. Anyone who has read the introduction to this volume will realise that this is a far from easy question. In addition, the mechanism through which political knowledge is acquired is also much disputed. There are those who see families as the main seedbed of political views; others point to education, while others still would argue that the process of learning about politics is influenced decisively by the various experiences that life might bring. Going deeper still, there is the question of the psychology of political learning: the mental processes which are involved in conveying and receiving political information.
