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Hating the Messenger: Attitudes toward the News Media and the Acquisition of Political Information by the Public

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Previous research has documented that public attitudes toward the news media have become dramatically more negative over that past 35 years. At the same time that public confidence in the press has declined, political scientist have become increasingly adept at demonstrating the massive influence the media exert over public opinion. This paper examines the question of what effect public attitudes towards the press have on the news media’s ability to influence the public beliefs. To do this, I utilize a Bayesian model of persuasion to develop predictions of the consequences if source judgments do play an important role in media influence. I then test these predictions using three very different datasets: a cross-sectional survey, a panel survey, and an experiment. The results from all three datasets confirm that those with positive feelings towards the media are more influenced by media messages than those with negative feelings. I briefly discuss the implications of these findings for democratic accountability.

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Ladd, Jonathan. "Hating the Messenger: Attitudes toward the News Media and the Acquisition of Political Information by the Public" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p82575_index.html>

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Ladd, J. , 2004-04-15 "Hating the Messenger: Attitudes toward the News Media and the Acquisition of Political Information by the Public" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p82575_index.html

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Abstract: Previous research has documented that public attitudes toward the news media have become dramatically more negative over that past 35 years. At the same time that public confidence in the press has declined, political scientist have become increasingly adept at demonstrating the massive influence the media exert over public opinion. This paper examines the question of what effect public attitudes towards the press have on the news media’s ability to influence the public beliefs. To do this, I utilize a Bayesian model of persuasion to develop predictions of the consequences if source judgments do play an important role in media influence. I then test these predictions using three very different datasets: a cross-sectional survey, a panel survey, and an experiment. The results from all three datasets confirm that those with positive feelings towards the media are more influenced by media messages than those with negative feelings. I briefly discuss the implications of these findings for democratic accountability.

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Hating the Messenger: Attitudes toward the News Media and the Acquisition of Political Information by the Public Jonathan Ladd Princeton University Department of Politics Corwin Hall Princeton NJ 08544 jladd@princeton.edu Abstract: Previous research has documented that public attitudes toward the news media have become dramatically more negative over that past 35 years. At the same time that public confidence in the press has declined political scientist have become increasingly adept at demonstrating the massive influence the media exert over
"Floating Voters in U.S. Presidential Elections 1948-2000." In Studies in Public Opinion: Gauging Attitudes Nonattitudes Measurement Error and Change edited by Willem Saris and Paul M. Sniderman. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 59 Zaller John R. and Stanley Feldman. 1992. "A Simple Theory of Survey Response: Answering Questions Versus Revealing Preferences." American Journal of Political Science 36:579- 616. Zechman Martin J. 1979. "Dynamic Models of the Voter's Decision Calculus: Incorporating Retrospective Considerations into Rational Choice Models of Individual Voting Behavior."


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