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- Title
Just the Facts? Partisan Media and the Political Conditioning of Economic Perceptions.
- Authors
Anson, Ian G.
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the effects of biases in economic information on partisans’ economic perceptions. In survey experiments, I manipulate the presence of partisan cues and the direction of proattitudinal information in news stories about the American economy. Results demonstrate that although proattitudinal tone in factual economic news stories most strongly affects partisans’ economic perceptions, inclusion of partisan cues alongside proattitudinal information results in weaker shifts in economic sentiment relative to stories lacking partisan content. These findings suggest that the relatively subtle process of agenda setting in economic news may be the most effective tool used by partisan news outlets to drive polarization in citizens’ factual economic perceptions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MASS media &; politics; ECONOMIC voting; OBJECTIVITY in journalism; AMERICAN journalism; AGENDA setting theory (Communication); ECONOMIC journalism; MASS media &; public opinion
- Publication
Political Research Quarterly, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 3, p444
- ISSN
1065-9129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1065912916648016