More Choice, Less Uncertainty: The Paradoxical Relationship of Political Identity and News Exposure in the American Public Sphere
The article explores how ambiguity is defined as a situation of inexactness, and is synonymous with the feelings of uncertainty and ambivalence. Topics discussed include uncertainty with regard to a particular event, that one can assign it some subjective probability based on believe; theory of cogn...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2017
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Cross currents
Année: 2017, Volume: 67, Numéro: 4, Pages: 705-725 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
USA
/ Public
/ Ambigüité
/ Identité politique
/ Wahlmöglichkeit
/ Incertitude
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AF Géographie religieuse KBQ Amérique du Nord ZC Politique en général |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Decision Making
B Cognitive Dissonance B theory of knowledge B CRITERION (Theory of knowledge) B Ambiguity |
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| Résumé: | The article explores how ambiguity is defined as a situation of inexactness, and is synonymous with the feelings of uncertainty and ambivalence. Topics discussed include uncertainty with regard to a particular event, that one can assign it some subjective probability based on believe; theory of cognitive dissonance, the internal discord felt from holding conflicting beliefs simultaneously; and challenge for humans is to form and maintain a set of beliefs. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12292 |