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Nation Binding: How Public Service Broadcasting Mitigates Political Selective Exposure

Linda Bos, Sanne Kruikemeier, Claes de Vreese

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Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

(2016)

Overview

Is there a media system that promotes less political selective exposure? This article explores this question within the context of the US and Dutch media landscape, offering a comparison of the two. In particular, this article makes the case that where

there is a relatively strong public service broadcaster, political selective exposure amongst an audience is lower due to its less partisan output. However, the authors do find that there is a large segment of citizens that choose to opt out of news consumption, despite its availability in today’s media landscape.

This article is Open Access, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

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