The Self‐Perpetuation of Biased Beliefs

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Social Media, News Consumption, and Polarization: Evidence from a Field Experiment (2020, background): “82Delegation has long been suggested as an explanation for why consumers prefer like-minded news (Chan and Suen, 2008; Suen, 2004).”
A Spatial Theory of News Consumption and Electoral Competition (2008, background): “Hence, there is no θ where (20), (21), and (22) hold simultaneously.”
What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers (2006, unknown): “…of political slant in the news.4 Our ndings on the demand for slant, and on newspapers response to consumer preferences, support theories that posit a role for consumers prior beliefs in driving media positioning (e.g., Mullainathan and Shleifer 2005; Gentzkow and Shapiro 2006; Suen 2004).”
Optimal Dynamic Allocation of Attention (2018, background): “In particular, Suen (2004) observes self-perpetuation and polarization of beliefs.”
Opinions as Incentives (2009, background): “The persuasion effect that we find from difference of opinion is also noted by Van den Steen (2004). His model differs from ours, however, in a number of ways; for example he assumes both binary signals and decisions.”
Overoptimism and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms (2006, background): “For example, Suen (2004) demonstrates through a Bayesian updating process that preference by biased decision makers for advisors who share the same pref erences and beliefs perpetuates (and even increases) such bias.”