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When freedom of choice leads to bias: How threat fosters selective exposure to health information [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Selective exposure to online health information can be ascribed to two related defense motives: the motivation to confirm one’s subjective perceptions and the motivation to protect relevant parts of the self-image, such as physical integrity. Our aim was
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Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study [PDF]
Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2023 Introduction: Cognitive dissonance and selective exposure could explain how conspiracism could be adopted as a coping strategy in order to overcome salient threats.
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Selective exposure in political communication [PDF]
Megatrend Revija, 2022 People exhibit preferences, or seek out information that is consistent with their political beliefs and opinions, when they engage in selective exposure in politics. The theory of motivated reasoning states that people's pursuit of knowledge is driven by
Baltezarević Radoslav +1 more
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Motivated skepticism as a formative factor for credibility measures of television news in India: A Structural equation Modeling approach [PDF]
World of Media, 2023 Trustworthiness, accuracy and believability are the most common indicators of news credibility measures. The impact of selective exposure, i.e. audience choosing content similar to their beliefs, on News Credibility is generally not considered in this ...
Uma Shankar Pandey
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How Many People Live in Politically Partisan Online News Echo Chambers in Different Countries?
Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2021 Concern over online news echo chambers has been a consistent theme in recent debates on how people get news and information. Yet, we lack a basic descriptive understanding of how many people occupy bounded online news spaces in different countries ...
Richard Fletcher +2 more
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Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2023 Studies suggest that users of online social networking sites can tend to preferably connect with like-minded others, leading to “Echo Chambers” in which attitudinally congruent information circulates.
Robert Luzsa, Susanne Mayr
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Examining the impact of media use during the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental engagement
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic led to global public health campaigns enacting strict orders to slow the spread of the disease. The public health initiatives were communicated broadly through diverse news sources and social media channels, spreading both factual ...
Kristin E. Gibson +3 more
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A critical review of filter bubbles and a comparison with selective exposure
Nordicom Review, 2021 The new high-choice media environment has raised concerns that users of social networking sites primarily select political information that supports their political opinions and avoid information that challenges them.
Dahlgren Peter M.
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Media and Communication, 2023 The literature on selective exposure has shown that ideology and voting govern media consumption decisions, but longitudinal studies are still scarce.
María Luisa Humanes, Lidia Valera-Ordaz
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Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021 With increasing media choice, particularly through the rise of streaming services, it has become more important for empirical research to examine how youth decide which programs to view, particularly when the content focuses on difficult health topics ...
Jabari Miles Evans +4 more
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