Projection or Persuasive Press? Contrary Effects of Personal Opinion and Perceived News Coverage on Estimates of Public Opinion

By Albert C. Gunther, Cindy T. Christen. 2002

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Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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A Three-Decade Retrospective on the Hostile Media Effect (2015, unknown): “…others, estimating that public opinion matches their own, but they also can presume that aggregate opinions are hostile to their own views, an apparent consequence of the hostile media effect and a persuasive press inference (Gunther & Chia, 2001; Gunther & Christen, 2002; see also Tsfati, 2007).”
Mapping Boundaries of the Hostile Media Effect (2004, background): “Two of these studies (Gunther et al., 2001; Gunther & Christen, 2002) have also expanded the concept to what is termed the “relative hostile media perception,” showing that partisan’s perceptions, even of genuinely slanted media coverage, will be significantly different in a relatively disagreeable…”
Influence of Hostile Media Perception on Willingness to Engage in Discursive Activities: An Examination of Mediating Role of Media Indignation (2008, background): “First, as shown in several studies, members of the public as well as political actors derive inferences of opinion climate from their perceptions of media content (eg, Gunther, 1998 ; Gunther & Christen, 2002 ; Gunther et al, 2001 ; Herbst, 1998 ).”
YouTube, Social Norms and Perceived Salience of Climate Change in the American Mind (2017, background): “…attitudes about specific controversial issues (Priest, 2006), sometimes through what has been labeled the “persuasive press inference” (Gunther, 1998; Gunther & Christen, 2002), which posits that people tend to make inferences about public opinion based on their own perceptions of media coverage.”
Is the Media Biased Against Me? A Meta-Analysis of the Hostile Media Effect Research (2011, background): “This is the case because HME influences perceptions of public opinion and social behaviors (Choi & Chang, 2007; Gunther & Christen, 2002).”