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Hostile Media Effect

The Hostile Media Effect is a cognitive bias in which individuals perceive media coverage as biased against their own attitudes or group, despite objective neutrality, due to the subjective interpretation of information through the lens of preexisting beliefs.

167

Publications

13.8K

Citations

316

Authors

162

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

57

Variants

Hostile Media Phenomenon

Parents

Publications

167

The hostile media phenomenon: Biased perception and perceptions of media bias in coverage of the Beirut massacre.

Robert P. Vallone, Lee Ross, Mark R. Lepper · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1985 · 859 citations

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The hostile media phenomenon: Biased perception and perceptions of media bias in coverage of the Beirut massacre.

Robert P. Vallone, Lee Ross, Mark R. Lepper · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1985 · 752 citations

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Some effects of thoughts on anti- and prosocial influences of media events: A cognitive-neoassociation analysis.

Psychological Bulletin · 1984 · 490 citations

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Partisan Selective Sharing: The Biased Diffusion of Fact-Checking Messages on Social Media

Jieun Shin, Kjerstin Thorson · Journal of Communication · 2017 · 479 citations

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Exposure to violent media: The effects of songs with violent lyrics on aggressive thoughts and feelings.

Craig A. Anderson, Nicholas L. Carnagey, Janie Eubanks · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2003 · 477 citations

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Authors

316

  1. AC
    Albert C. L. G. Günther

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

    h-index

  2. HR
    Hernando Rojas

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    6 publications · 504 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. MB
    Matthew Barnidge

    University of Alabama, United States

    4 publications · 195 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. SC
    Stella C. Chia

    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    4 publications · 129 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. LA
    Laura Arpan

    Florida State University, United States

    3 publications · 229 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

162

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    3.8K citations

  2. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    332 citations

  3. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    239 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Hong Kong Baptist University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    59 citations

  6. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    614 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    167 citations

  8. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    397 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Communication

    14 publications · 1.9K citations

    13

    h-index

  2. Communication Research

    CR · 12 publications · 971 citations

    12

    h-index

  3. Mass Communication & Society

    11 publications · 515 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

    JMCQ · 9 publications · 625 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. International Journal of Public Opinion Research

    IJPOR · 8 publications · 813 citations

    8

    h-index

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