Media Use and Political Predispositions: Revisiting the Concept of Selective Exposure
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People are more trusting of sources of news and information that reflect their ideology and distrusting of those that do not regardless of the medium.
“Other studies in Western democratic countries find that people are more trusting of sources of news and information that reflect their ideology and distrusting of those that do not regardless of the medium (Bode, 2012;Lee, 2010;Lee & Ma, 2011;Stroud, 2007;Truex, 2016;Tsfati, 2010;Tsfati & Cohen, 2012).”
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Individuals exhibit a preference for opinion-reinforcing political information and systematically avoid opinion challenges.
“the existing literature on the selective exposure theory (Lazarsfeld, Berelson, and Gaudet 1944; Bryant and Miron 2004; Stroud 2008; Iyengar and Hahn 2009) that argues that individuals exhibit a preference for opinion-reinforcing political information and that they systematically avoid opinion challenges.”
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- Authors
- Stroud, N. J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stroud, Natalie Jomini
- Venue
- Political Behavior
- Published
- 2007-12-21
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 341-366
- ISSN
- 0190-9320 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6687
- OpenAlex
- W2089176229
- Cited by
- 1,154
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 63 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 124 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 90 · 2018: 108 · 2017: 71 · 2016: 68 · 2015: 55 · 2014: 63 · 2013: 64 · 2012: 34
- FWCI
- 29.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Political Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Keywords
- selective exposure, political predispositions, media use, political talk radio, cable news, newspapers, online news, political polarization, 2004 presidential election, political information seeking
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