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Partisan Perceptual Bias and the Information Environment

Jerit, Jennifer, Barabas, Jason·2012·The Journal of Politics
DOI 10.1017/s0022381612000187
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Perceptual bias occurs when beliefs deviate from reality. Democrats and Republicans are thought to be especially susceptible to this type of biased-information processing. And yet we know little about the pervasiveness of perceptual bias outside the domain of “performance issues” (e.g., unemployment, inflation) or how individual-level partisan motivation interacts with the information environment. We investigate these issues in two studies that examine perceptual bias on a wide range of political topics spanning two decades. Using survey data as well as an experiment with diverse subjects, we demonstrate that people perceive the world in a manner consistent with their political views. The result is a selective pattern of learning in which partisans have higher levels of knowledge for facts that confirm their world view and lower levels of knowledge for facts that challenge them. This basic relationship is exaggerated on topics receiving high levels of media coverage.

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Authors
Jerit, J., & Barabas, J.
Venue
The Journal of Politics
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2012-07
Volume
74
Issue
3
Pages
672-684
ISSN
  • 0022-3816 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2508
DOI
10.1017/s0022381612000187
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W2314878607
Cited by
564
References
8
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93.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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