TY - JOUR
T1 - How Cross-Cutting News Exposure Relates to Candidate Issue Stance Knowledge, Political Polarization, and Participation
T2 - The Moderating Role of Political Sophistication
AU - Kim, Yonghwan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/2/4
Y1 - 2019/2/4
N2 - This article seeks to improve our understanding of the role of cross-cutting news exposure in a democratic process - that is, whether and how exposure to counter-attitudinal news information is associated with citizens' political issue knowledge, attitudinal polarization, and engagement in political activities. The results provide 2 contrasting roles of exposure to dissonant media outlets. On the one hand, results offer some evidence that dissonant media use contributes to gaining issue knowledge and inspiring citizen participation. On the other hand, some findings suggest that it reinforces, rather than attenuates, citizens' attitudinal polarization. Thus, the findings from this study indicate mixed effects of exposure to counter-attitudinal news information.
AB - This article seeks to improve our understanding of the role of cross-cutting news exposure in a democratic process - that is, whether and how exposure to counter-attitudinal news information is associated with citizens' political issue knowledge, attitudinal polarization, and engagement in political activities. The results provide 2 contrasting roles of exposure to dissonant media outlets. On the one hand, results offer some evidence that dissonant media use contributes to gaining issue knowledge and inspiring citizen participation. On the other hand, some findings suggest that it reinforces, rather than attenuates, citizens' attitudinal polarization. Thus, the findings from this study indicate mixed effects of exposure to counter-attitudinal news information.
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U2 - 10.1093/ijpor/edy032
DO - 10.1093/ijpor/edy032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078928454
SN - 0954-2892
VL - 31
SP - 626
EP - 648
JO - International Journal of Public Opinion Research
JF - International Journal of Public Opinion Research
IS - 4
ER -