Preelection selective exposure: Confirmation bias versus informational utility

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-193

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a   Kleinman, Steven B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmation bias; election; informational utility; online; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857612436     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211400597     Document Type: Article

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