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August 15, 2025Political Science Research and MethodsOpen Access

The effects of forced versus selective exposure to propaganda in China

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XSXiaoxiao Shen

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Overview

Survey experiments reveal that selective exposure to propaganda increases pro-regime attitudes in citizens, suggesting implications for understanding media influence.

Key Points

  • Citizens exposed to propaganda selectively tend to show higher pro-regime attitudes compared to those exposed forcibly.
  • In surveys, those who prefer not to view propaganda rated issues as more understandable and important.
  • Participants assigned to non-propaganda news exhibited different treatment effects than those reading propaganda.
  • The findings highlight a potential rationalization pathway that explains the differing responses to propaganda exposure.

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Xiaoxiao Shen (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af50a7ad7bf08b1ead8da3https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2025.10040
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