2014/05/01 by Jinhee Kim, Jung-Hyun Kim, Mihye Seo · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Computer science #Function (biology) #Media Influence and Health #Media Influence and Politics #Personality #Psychology #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Sensitization #Social Media and Politics #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1027/1864-1105/a000111
openalex publication_date 2014/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
The present study attempted to predict selective exposure to media messages as a function of personality and situation, which has rarely been examined in prior relevant research. Employing a quasi-experimental method, the interplay between prevailing perceived threat from the economic crisis that started in 2008 and each of the two personality types when dealing with threat – repression and sensitization – was examined to predict online news selection behavior, as unobtrusively recorded. A significant interaction between perceived threat and sensitization tendency was obtained for both the selection of financial crisis-related news and avoidance of financial crisis-unrelated news. The implications of this exclusive pattern of online news selection behavior are discussed.