The worst is behind us: News media choice and false optimism in the summer of 2020

This study explores how individual characteristics interact with news media choice and people’s perception of mediated news events and public figures focusing on South Korean immigrants’ perception of the former South Korean President Roh. Thirteen South Korean immigrants were interviewed, and the results demonstrate a three-way relationship between (a) interviewees’ political orientation, (b) media choice, and (c) perception of Roh and the newspapers. The interviewees supporting Roh, who read online news on a regular basis but did not read conservative newspapers, recognized the political claim that the oligopoly of the conservative newspapers has influenced public opinion on Roh, while the readers of the conservative newspapers, who do not read on-line news, did not acknowledge the claim. Individuals’ opinions on Roh and the newspapers were not directed by media framing, but interviewees selectively chose what they read and accept.

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How Does Media Choice Affect Hostile Media Perceptions? Evidence from Participant Preference Experiments

Journal of Experimental Political Science ◽

10.1017/xps.2014.10 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 12-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Kevin Arceneaux ◽

Martin Johnson

Keyword(s):

Experimental Design ◽

News Media ◽

Selective Exposure ◽

Media Choice ◽

Media Content ◽

Broadcast News ◽

Media Environment ◽

Cable News ◽

Preference Experiment ◽

Hostile Media

AbstractWe investigate how selective exposure to various types of media shapes hostile media perceptions. We use an innovative experimental design that gauges the influence of viewers’ preferences for entertainment, partisan cable news, or mainstream broadcast news on their reactions to media content. This design represents a modification to the participant preference experiment used elsewhere, expanding a laboratory-based media environment to include partisan and mainstream news options, alongside entertainment programming. We find that people’s viewing preferences shape their reactions to news media content.

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