The journalistic preference for extreme exemplars: educational socialization, psychological biases, or editorial policy?
Exemplars are central in news reporting. However, extreme negative exemplars can bias citizens' factual perceptions and attributions of political responsibility. Nonetheless, our knowledge of the factors shaping journalistic preferences for including exemplars in news stories is limited. We investig...
| Published in: | Journal of Communication Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 48 - 63 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2024
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