Silver screen sorting: Social identity and selective exposure in popular film viewingFootnote

A previous version of this paper was presented at the American Political Science Association’s 2017 annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. We are thankful to Central Michigan University’s Center for Applied Research and Rural Studies, Mary Senter, Cherie Strachan, Todd Adkins, the editor, and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful feedback.

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