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Selective Use of News Cues: A Multiple-Motive Perspective on Information Selection in Social Media Environments
- Source :
- Journal of Communication. 66:669-693
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016.
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Abstract
- This study investigated the effects of message and social cues on selective exposure to political information in a social media environment. Based on the heuristic-systematic model, we hypothesized that readers' selective consideration of specific cues can be explained by situational motivations. In an experiment (N = 137), subjects primed with motivational goals (accuracy, defense, or impression motivations, as well as a control group) were asked to search for information. Participants preferred attitude-consistent information and balanced information over attitude-inconsistent information, and also preferred highly recommended articles. Defense-motivated partisans exhibited a stronger confirmation bias, whereas impression motivation amplified the effects of social recommendations. These findings specify the conditions under which individuals engage in narrow, open-minded, or social patterns of information selection.
- Subjects :
- Linguistics and Language
Communication
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05 social sciences
Control (management)
Perspective (graphical)
050801 communication & media studies
050109 social psychology
Social cue
Language and Linguistics
0508 media and communications
Confirmation bias
Selection (linguistics)
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social media
Situational ethics
Psychology
Social psychology
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00219916
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Communication
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........405d6fc39cfadf0a008014acbed96545