Hostile media effect
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The hostile media effect, originally deemed the hostile media phenomenon and sometimes called hostile media perception, is a perceptual theory of mass communication that refers to the tendency for individuals with a strong preexisting attitude on an issue to perceive media coverage as biased against their side and in favor of their antagonists' point of view.
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See also
- Cognitive bias
- Bias blind spot
- List of cognitive biases
- Self-serving bias
- Selective perception
- Bunker mentality
- Victim mentality
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