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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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2017
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Cross currents
Jahr: 2017, Band: 67, Heft: 4, Seiten: 705-725 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
USA
/ Öffentlichkeit
/ Ambiguität
/ Politische Identität
/ Wahlmöglichkeit
/ Unsicherheit
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AF Religionsgeographie KBQ Nordamerika ZC Politik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Decision Making
B Cognitive Dissonance B theory of knowledge B CRITERION (Theory of knowledge) B Ambiguity |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12292 |