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Nation Binding: How Public Service Broadcasting Mitigates Political Selective Exposure

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  • Linda Bos
  • Sanne Kruikemeier
  • Claes de Vreese

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Recent research suggests that more and more citizens select news and information that is congruent with their existing political preferences. This increase in political selective exposure (PSE) has allegedly led to an increase in polarization. The vast majority of studies stem from the US case with a particular media and political system. We contend that there are good reasons to believe PSE is less prevalent in other systems. We test this using latent profile analysis with national survey data from the Netherlands (n = 2,833). We identify four types of media use profiles and indeed only find partial evidence of PSE. In particular, we find that public broadcasting news cross-cuts all cleavages. This research note offers an important antidote in what is considered a universal phenomenon. We do find, however, a relatively large segment of citizens opting out of news consumption despite the readily available news in today’s media landscape.

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  • Linda Bos & Sanne Kruikemeier & Claes de Vreese, 2016. "Nation Binding: How Public Service Broadcasting Mitigates Political Selective Exposure," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(5), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0155112
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155112
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    1. Hae Jung Oh & Zhieh Lor & Jihyang Choi, 2021. "News Repertoires and Political Information Efficacy: Focusing on the Mediating Role of Perceived News Overload," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(1), pages 21582440209, January.
    2. María Luisa Humanes & Lidia Valera-Ordaz, 2023. "Partisanship, Ideology, and Selective Exposure: A Longitudinal Analysis of Media Consumption in Spain (2008–2019)," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 113-126.

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