The complexity of ignorance
@article{Belli1996TheCO,
title={The complexity of ignorance},
author={R. Belli and H. Schuman},
journal={Qualitative Sociology},
year={1996},
volume={19},
pages={423-430}
}We examine the kinds of mistakes that are frequently made when the general public is asked to identify political symbols from the past half century. A particularly striking phenomenon is inversion: the event is recalled backwards, so that Rosa Parks is remembered for having given up her seat on a bus to a white person. A second type of error occurs by linking a name to the wrong person, as when John Dean is identified as a movie actor (James Dean). Still another type of mistake involves a… Expand