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标题：A New Measure for the Tendency to Select Ideologically Congruent Political Information: Scale Development and Validation
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作者：Yariv Tsfati
期刊名称：International Journal of Communication
印刷版ISSN：1932-8036
出版年度：2016
卷号：10
页码：26
语种：English
出版社：USC Annenberg Center
摘要：Selective exposure is a popular research construct, but the strategies used to operationalize ideologically congruent exposure in contemporary correlational research are problematic. This article offers a novel approach, asking people directly about their tendency to seek information that is ideologically congruent with their opinions. A new measure for the tendency toward congruent selective exposure is proposed and was tested on three different data sets. In all three studies, confirmatory factor analysis revealed a two-factor model, with one factor representing the tendency to select congruent information and the other representing the tendency to avoid incongruent information.
其他摘要：Selective exposure is a popular research construct, but the strategies used to operationalize ideologically congruent exposure in contemporary correlational research are problematic. This article offers a novel approach, asking people directly about their tendency to seek information that is ideologically congruent with their opinions. A new measure for the tendency toward congruent selective exposure is proposed and was tested on three different data sets. In all three studies, confirmatory factor analysis revealed a two-factor model, with one factor representing the tendency to select congruent information and the other representing the tendency to avoid incongruent information.
关键词：selective exposure; selective avoidance; confirmation bias