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Exposure to Information, Belief Integration, and Individual Responsiveness to Agenda Change

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This article examines individual responsiveness to the media's changing political agenda during the years from 1964 to 1980. In the context of a dynamic model, the data indicate that responsiveness is positively associated with education, political interest, and a social motivation to attend to public affairs. A two-component model, in which heightened involvement increases individuals' exposure to information but also decreases their receptivity to the impact of the messages, is considered in a multivariate analysis. Although the results are only suggestive, the exposure function appears to operate for all three variables, whereas the inhibitions owing to the integration of previous information are evident only for political interest. Some speculations are offered about how these results may elaborate models of democratic public choice.

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  • MacKuen, Michael, 1984. "Exposure to Information, Belief Integration, and Individual Responsiveness to Agenda Change," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 78(2), pages 372-391, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:78:y:1984:i:02:p:372-391_25
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    1. Denise L. Anthony & Douglas D. Heckathorn & Steven M. Maser, 1994. "Rational Rhetoric in Politics," Rationality and Society, , vol. 6(4), pages 489-518, October.
    2. James Tilley & Christopher Wlezien, 2008. "Does Political Information Matter? An Experimental Test Relating to Party Positions on Europe," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 56(1), pages 192-214, March.
    3. Gilad Be’ery & Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, 2015. "God and the Welfare State - Substitutes or Complements? An Experimental Test of the Effect of Belief in God's Control," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(6), pages 1-27, June.
    4. Li Zhang, 2010. "EU perceptions in Northeast Asia: a cross-national comparative study of press coverage and citizens’ opinion," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 8(2), pages 161-175, July.

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