TY - JOUR
T1 - The “Us vs. Them” Mentality
T2 - The Role of Affective Polarization in Deepening the Partisan Divide in Media Bias Perception
AU - Kim, Youngju
AU - Hwang, Hyunseo
AU - Kim, Yonghwan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This study examines how affective polarization impacts the partisan divide in perceptions of cable news networks’ political biases. Results from a 2016 U.S. presidential election survey show that affective polarization deepens this divide, even after controlling for election involvement, partisanship strength, and cable news usage. Partisanship strength is more closely associated with in-party love than out-party hate, but out-party hate has a stronger association with media bias perception, indicating that out-group hate is more influential in shaping partisans’ media bias perception.
AB - This study examines how affective polarization impacts the partisan divide in perceptions of cable news networks’ political biases. Results from a 2016 U.S. presidential election survey show that affective polarization deepens this divide, even after controlling for election involvement, partisanship strength, and cable news usage. Partisanship strength is more closely associated with in-party love than out-party hate, but out-party hate has a stronger association with media bias perception, indicating that out-group hate is more influential in shaping partisans’ media bias perception.
KW - affective polarization
KW - cable news
KW - hostile media effect
KW - in-group love
KW - media bias perception
KW - out-group hate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178368266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10776990231211804
DO - 10.1177/10776990231211804
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85178368266
SN - 1077-6990
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
ER -