The “Hostile Media Effect” – A Lesson in Group Dynamics
- March 30, 2011
- Eric Douglas
David Pogue, the New York Times columnist, writes in Scientific American this month about the “hostile media effect.” This is a cognitive phenomenon where people who hold strong opinions about something perceive that media coverage of that topic is prejudiced, no matter how neutral the coverage actually is. The same phenomenon happens in groups. People …
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