Selective News Exposure, Personal Values, and Support for the Iraq War

Abstract

News media coverage of the Iraq war plays a significant role in informing the public about the war event itself. This study examined whether exposure to different news sources had an impact on the public's opinion on the war starting from the initial military-action phase through the early postwar period. It also explored how the public's patriotic values, political orientations, and religious convictions influenced the relations between their news source exposure and support for (or opposition to) the war.

Keywords:

• Patriotic Values
• Political Values
• Religious Values
• Selective News Exposure

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Carolyn A. Lin

Carolyn A. Lin (PhD, Michigan State University, 1987) is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.