Nation Binding: How Public Service Broadcasting Mitigates Political Selective Exposure.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27218659.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0155112 and PMC identifier 4878755.
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Abstract
Recent research suggests that more and more citizens select news and information that is congruent with their existing political preferences. This increase in political selective exposure (PSE) has allegedly led to an increase in polarization. The vast majority of studies stem from the US case with a particular media and political system. We contend that there are good reasons to believe PSE is less prevalent in other systems. We test this using latent profile analysis with national survey data from the Netherlands (n = 2,833). We identify four types of media use profiles and indeed only find partial evidence of PSE. In particular, we find that public broadcasting news cross-cuts all cleavages. This research note offers an important antidote in what is considered a universal phenomenon. We do find, however, a relatively large segment of citizens opting out of news consumption despite the readily available news in today's media landscape.
Medical subject headings
- Mass Media
- Politics