From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach
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Summary: | Literature suggests that while without doubt people engage in selective exposure to information, this does not entail that they also engage in selective avoidance of opinion-challenging information. However, cross-cutting exposure does not always lead to dispassionate deliberation. In this commentary I explore psychological conditions as they apply to attitude-based selection and make an argument that selectivity does not stop at exposure but continues as audiences engage with information they encounter and incorporate in their decision-making. I propose the theory of motivated reasoning as a rich theoretical underpinning that helps us understand selective exposure and selective information processing. |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approachaudience; information; information processing; media; motivated reasoning; selective exposureLiterature suggests that while without doubt people engage in selective exposure to information, this does not entail that they also engage in selective avoidance of opinion-challenging information. However, cross-cutting exposure does not always lead to dispassionate deliberation. In this commentary I explore psychological conditions as they apply to attitude-based selection and make an argument that selectivity does not stop at exposure but continues as audiences engage with information they encounter and incorporate in their decision-making. I propose the theory of motivated reasoning as a rich theoretical underpinning that helps us understand selective exposure and selective information processing.Cogitatio2019-07-30info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i3.2289oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2289Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 3 (2019): Selective Exposure in a Changing Political and Media Environment; 8-112183-2439reponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2289https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i3.2289https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2289/2289Copyright (c) 2019 Lindita Camajinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCamaj, Lindita2022-12-20T10:58:45Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2289Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T10:42:58.336715Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach Camaj, Lindita audience; information; information processing; media; motivated reasoning; selective exposure |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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From Selective Exposure to Selective Information Processing: A Motivated Reasoning Approach |
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Camaj, Lindita |
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Camaj, Lindita |
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audience; information; information processing; media; motivated reasoning; selective exposure |
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audience; information; information processing; media; motivated reasoning; selective exposure |
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Literature suggests that while without doubt people engage in selective exposure to information, this does not entail that they also engage in selective avoidance of opinion-challenging information. However, cross-cutting exposure does not always lead to dispassionate deliberation. In this commentary I explore psychological conditions as they apply to attitude-based selection and make an argument that selectivity does not stop at exposure but continues as audiences engage with information they encounter and incorporate in their decision-making. I propose the theory of motivated reasoning as a rich theoretical underpinning that helps us understand selective exposure and selective information processing. |
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