is this you? do you do this?

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Selective exposure is a theory within the practice of psychology, often used in media and communication research, that historically refers to individuals' tendency to favor information which reinforces their pre-existing views while avoiding contradictory information.

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It happens on here all the time.

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Nah. This is not me. I know a little about a lot of stuff and if I don't know it I will research it or find someone who knows more about that particular subject.

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I think people do this without even realizing it. I'm sure I have at some point. I try my best not to. But I am human 🤷🏼‍♀️

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No it's not but I know many on here and on other social media platforms and in everyday life that are like this.

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Sometimes it feels like it? I don't think I do as the sources I use largely are provided by guttmacher, the CDC and the Mayo Clinic, but I guess those are apparently biased? But thinking about it I guess that would mean THEY, the person calling the biased, are doing the selective thing.

But then the people calling them biased are using sources from (example that is supposed to be obviously a bad thing) "whitepowerforgirls.com" or something and saying "see because this study says POC don't work it's right".

Like I got in a debate about reproductive healthcare for women and this gal used a website as a source that was claiming gay people have an agenda, are the biggest group to commit crimes, and that "planned parenthood indoctrinates young prepubescent girls to use BC to thwart god and turn them gay". Real crazy stuff. It lead to the usage of statistics and hers were from that source and literally said "the two biggest pro natural family planning activist groups did a study"

.....like...that's biased hun, it's a trash study. Here's some CDC and guttmacher, but she was like "oh LIBERAL lying media". It was astounding how much animosity she had towards legitimate studies that were peer reviewed, and that she honestly thought that what source she gave was unbiased.

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This reminds me of the concept I learned in Soc 101, Incorrigible Propositions, which are beliefs that you don't question and refuse to see as wrong, even if there's proof that they are. 
I don't either are things that I do, but maybe I just can't think of any haha. We probably all do it to a certain extent without realizing it I'd think.

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I just gave a lecture on this today in my statistics and media course!!

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i see this all the time on this app it's comical

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You do it subconsciously....everyone does it whether they realize it or not.

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I actually don't do this. I read news from many different sources including left leaning, mostly unbiased, and right leaning. I feel it's hard to make an informed decision based on only one side.

is this you? do you do this?

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