Can fictional stories beat the congeniality bias? Selective exposure to fiction and non-fiction.

People prefer attitude-consistent information over attitude-inconsistent information (congeniality bias). Connecting theory on the processing of stories to selective exposure theory, we assumed that the congeniality bias is reduced or even nullified when it comes to fictional messages. Across two ex...

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Publicado en:	Human Communication Research Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 161 - 176
Autores principales:	Appel, Markus, Gabel, Juliane, Wimmer, Lena, Klöppel, Marieke, Richter, Tobias
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2026
Materias:	Attitude-behavior consistency Selective exposure Fiction Narration Nonfiction
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