A new look at selective-exposure effects: An integrative model

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 384-389

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

accuracy motivation; confirmatory information evaluation; confirmatory information search; defense motivation; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650382418     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410391246     Document Type: Article

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