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What is Motivated Reasoning

Chapter 9
Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines
Motivations and goals can act as vital drives to reasoning, which includes the way individuals process information, form attitudes, as well as make decisions.
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News Credibility and Media Literacy in the Digital Age
Stephanie Jean Tsang (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9261-7.ch009
Abstract
With the hostile media phenomenon as an overarching framework, this chapter discusses how challenging it can be for media literacy education to successfully combat motivated reasoning in which individuals are likely to be hostile when exposed to news content that is incongruent with their personal point of view. Such discussion is vital in times when news audiences are cynical and skeptical towards both politicians and media agencies. Given the importance of understanding and studying individuals' perceptions of news biases and assessments of news credibility, this chapter makes a case for establishing more objective standards for journalistic work to overcome the challenges brought about by the rise of fake news in the digital era.
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