The psychological underpinnings of ideology : how the needs for closure and cognition impact ideology and media consumption
Little attention has been paid to the psycho-cognitive factors that drive selective exposure of politically partisan media. This study tests the impact of need for cognition and need for closure on conservatism and selective exposure. A model of media use employing a hierarchical regression shows...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/24973 |