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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2017
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Cross currents
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 705-725 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Publicity
/ Ambiguity
/ Political identity
/ Wahlmöglichkeit
/ Insecurity
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
Further subjects: | B
Decision Making
B Cognitive Dissonance B theory of knowledge B CRITERION (Theory of knowledge) B Ambiguity |
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Summary: | 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 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12292 |