Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation

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Main Author: Silva, Marta Vasconcelos Barreto Resina da
Publication Date: 2020
Format: Master thesis
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/111525
Summary: This paper studies the impact of confirmation bias on the choice between biased sources of political information in a pre-election period. A sample of 204 Portuguese respondents was used, through a survey regarding their political identity and relating it to each one’s choice of information sources, as a voter and as a single decision-maker. Significant differences in behaviour were found according to one’s political identity. Evidence was found for some significant confirmation-seeking behaviour among right-wing participants, but some hypotheses concerning expressive voting and the effects of various factors on confirmation bias weren’t confirmed.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
title Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
spellingShingle Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
Silva, Marta Vasconcelos Barreto Resina da
Election
Partisan motivated reasoning
Selective exposure
Voter behaviour
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
title_full Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
title_fullStr Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
title_full_unstemmed Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
title_sort Confirmation bias in acquisition of information based on political affiliation
author Silva, Marta Vasconcelos Barreto Resina da
author_facet Silva, Marta Vasconcelos Barreto Resina da
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Coutts, Alexander
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Marta Vasconcelos Barreto Resina da
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Election
Partisan motivated reasoning
Selective exposure
Voter behaviour
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Election
Partisan motivated reasoning
Selective exposure
Voter behaviour
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description This paper studies the impact of confirmation bias on the choice between biased sources of political information in a pre-election period. A sample of 204 Portuguese respondents was used, through a survey regarding their political identity and relating it to each one’s choice of information sources, as a voter and as a single decision-maker. Significant differences in behaviour were found according to one’s political identity. Evidence was found for some significant confirmation-seeking behaviour among right-wing participants, but some hypotheses concerning expressive voting and the effects of various factors on confirmation bias weren’t confirmed.
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