Will conflict tear us apart? The effects of conflict and valenced media messages on polarizing attitudes toward EU immigration and border control

Van Klingeren, M., Boomgaarden, H. G., & De Vreese, C. H. (2017). Will conflict tear us apart? The effects of conflict and valenced media messages on polarizing attitudes toward EU…

Continue ReadingWill conflict tear us apart? The effects of conflict and valenced media messages on polarizing attitudes toward EU immigration and border control

Strategy News Is Good News: How Journalistic Coverage of Politics Reduces Affective Polarization

Zoizner, A., Shenhav, S. R., Fogel-Dror, Y., & Sheafer, T. (2021). Strategy news is good news: how journalistic coverage of politics reduces affective polarization. Political Communication, 38(5), 604-623.

Continue ReadingStrategy News Is Good News: How Journalistic Coverage of Politics Reduces Affective Polarization

Bridging the divide or intensifying the conflict? How disagreement affects strong predilections about sexual minorities

Wojcieszak, M., & Price, V. (2010). Bridging the divide or intensifying the conflict? How disagreement affects strong predilections about sexual minorities. Political Psychology, 31(3), 315-339.

Continue ReadingBridging the divide or intensifying the conflict? How disagreement affects strong predilections about sexual minorities

‘Don’t talk to me’: Effects of ideologically homogeneous online groups and politically dissimilar offline ties on extremism

Wojcieszak, M. (2010). ‘Don’t talk to me’: effects of ideologically homogeneous online groups and politically dissimilar offline ties on extremism. New Media & Society, 12(4), 637-655.

Continue Reading‘Don’t talk to me’: Effects of ideologically homogeneous online groups and politically dissimilar offline ties on extremism

Effects of media use on complexity and extremity of attitudes toward the death penalty and prisoners’ rehabilitation

Sotirovic, M. (2001). Effects of media use on complexity and extremity of attitudes toward the death penalty and prisoners' rehabilitation. Media Psychology, 3(1), 1-24.

Continue ReadingEffects of media use on complexity and extremity of attitudes toward the death penalty and prisoners’ rehabilitation

The relationship of television viewing with attitude strength and extremity: Implications for the cultivation effect

Shrum, L. J. (1999). The relationship of television viewing with attitude strength and extremity: Implications for the cultivation effect. Media Psychology, 1(1), 3-25.

Continue ReadingThe relationship of television viewing with attitude strength and extremity: Implications for the cultivation effect