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Effects of partisan media on viewers’ beliefs and attitudes on Fox News viewers

8 pointsby lucaspanjaardabout 3 years ago

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11thEarlOfMarabout 3 years ago
A couple of questions:<p>- Was the negative information concealed by Fox news true or false? (The data was collected pre-2020 and could be reviewed for the outcomes, it&#x27;s possible Fox concealed some news that was false)<p>- Did CNN conceal positive information that was true? (I searched the report for &#x27;conceal&#x27; and did not find reference to whether or not CNN concealed positive information.)<p>Otherwise, it seems self-evident that a partisan media outlet with biased topic selection will lead to biased viewers if those viewers do not also source information from differently-biased outlets.<p>Seems the only defense is to source from multiple biases, cross-reference, and for topics that matter to you, dig for your own data from high-integrity sources.
DyslexicAtheistabout 3 years ago
tl;dr: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;dbroockman&#x2F;status&#x2F;1510607409294692352" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;dbroockman&#x2F;status&#x2F;1510607409294692352</a><p><i>To understand impacts of partisan media on beliefs &amp; attitudes, we paid regular Fox News viewers to watch CNN instead for ~7 hrs&#x2F;week for a month. Our results should worry you ...but first, why do this? We have a lot of evidence partisan media effects vote choice (see, e.g., @gregmartinphd&#x27;s work). But we actually know little about why this might happen. What changes viewers&#x27; beliefs, attitudes, or priorities might accompany these shifts in votes?</i>