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Echo chambers online?: Politically motivated selective exposure among Internet news users

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Garrett, R. Kelly·2009·Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

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A review of research suggests that the desire for opinion reinforcement may play a more important role in shaping individuals’ exposure to online political information than an aversion to opinion challenge. The article tests this idea using data collected via a web-administered behavior-tracking study with subjects recruited from the readership of 2 partisan online news sites (N = 727). The results demonstrate that opinion-reinforcing information promotes news story exposure while opinion-challenging information makes exposure only marginally less likely. The influence of both factors is modest, but opinion-reinforcing information is a more important predictor. Having decided to view a news story, evidence of an aversion to opinion challenges disappears: There is no evidence that individuals abandon news stories that contain information with which they disagree. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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Authors
Garrett, R. K.
Affiliations
The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Garrett, R. Kelly
Venue
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Published
2009-01
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
265-285
ISSN
1083-6101 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2137809006
Cited by
1,040
References
27
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45.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
Keywords
selective exposure, echo chambers, online news, political information, political polarization, news avoidance

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