The Motivated Processing of Political Arguments

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Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage (2020, background): “When such coverage is both highly politicized and polarized, motivated reasoning (Taber et al., 2009) and a predisposition of the public to rely on political over scientific views (Bolsen et al., 2014; Slothuus & de Vreese, 2010) mean that news coverage can amplify partisan differences in risk…”
Confirmation Bias and the Persistence of Misinformation on Climate Change (2021, background): “Cognitive responses to the messages are another important outcome that may differ depending on the consistency of the messages with one’s prior positions (Druckman et al., 2013; Taber et al., 2009).”
Does Counter-Attitudinal Information Cause Backlash? Results from Three Large Survey Experiments (2018, background): “1993), political science (Lau and Redlawsk 2006; Nyhan and Reifler 2010; Redlawsk 2002; Taber and Lodge 2006; Taber et al. 2009), and other fields such as public health (Nyhan et al.”
The Role of Evidence in Politics: Motivated Reasoning and Persuasion among Politicians (2017, unknown): “44 See, e.g., Baekgaard and Serritzlew 2016; Kahan et al. 2013; Lodge and Taber 2013; Taber, Cann, and Kucsova 2009; Taber and Lodge 2006.”