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Selective exposure in different political information environments - how media fragmentation and polarization shape congruent news use

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2022
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Steppat, D., Castro Herrero, L., & Esser, F. (2022). Selective exposure in different political information environments - how media fragmentation and polarization shape congruent news use. European Journal of Communication, 37(1), 82–102. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231211012141

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Previous research posits that individual predispositions play an essential role in explaining patterns of selective exposure to political information. Yet the contextual factors in the political information environment have received far less attention. Using a cross-national and quasi-experimental design, this article is one of the first to investigate how political information environments shape selective exposure. We rely on a unique two-wave online survey quasi-experiment in five countries (Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Poland and t

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  • Steppat, Desiree
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  • Castro Herrero, Laia
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  • Esser, Frank
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37

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1

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82

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102

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Keywords

International comparison, media fragmentation, media polarization, news, political information environment, selective exposure

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English

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2022-02-01

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2021-08-26

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0267-3231

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Hybrid

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128 since deposited on 2021-08-26
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135 since deposited on 2021-08-26
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Steppat, D., Castro Herrero, L., & Esser, F. (2022). Selective exposure in different political information environments - how media fragmentation and polarization shape congruent news use. European Journal of Communication, 37(1), 82–102. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231211012141

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