Article: Selective attention to online political information.(Report)

Selective attention is an important concept in communication, both because of its role in the limited effects paradigm and its intuitive power in describing how the media are used. It is what Chaffee and Miyo call an "enduring generalization" from the earliest studies about political campaigns (e. g., Lazarfeld, Berelson, & Gaudet, 1948). Because it is intuitively compelling and broadly understood, it has endured in textbooks and everyday thinking despite inconsistent empirical evidence and critical research reviews (most notably, Sears & Freedman, 1967).

Like most ideas in communication research, selective attention is repeatedly studied in the same way. Of ...

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