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This chapter explores the psychological mechanisms behind digital news consumption, focusing on confirmation bias and motivated reasoning. It examines both the motivations for seeking news and the avoidance of it, as well as the emotional factors that influence how individuals interact with digital media. The work aims to understand the impact of news consumption on public opinion in the current media landscape.

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This chapter explores the psychological mechanisms behind digital news consumption, focusing on confirmation bias and motivated reasoning. It examines both the motivations for seeking news and the avoidance of it, as well as the emotional factors that influence how individuals interact with digital media. The work aims to understand the impact of news consumption on public opinion in the current media landscape.

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Psychology of Digital News Consumption and Public Opinion (ACCEPTED)

Anita Kuei-Chun Liu, Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University


Ozan Kuru, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

Abstract
This chapter, guided by the framework of confirmation bias and politically motivated
reasoning, delves into the motivation and psychological mechanisms influencing digital news
consumption, encompassing both news seeking and news avoidance in the contemporary media
landscape, and the effects of news consumption on public opinion. We also focused on the
emotions underlying digital news consumption to understand how individuals navigate the vast
landscape of digital media.

Keywords: Digital news consumptions, Confirmation bias, Motivated reasoning, Emotion

Citation: Liu A. K-C., & Kuru, O. (Accepted). Psychology of Digital News Consumption and
Public Opinion. In Rachel L. Bailey & Glenna L. Read (Eds.) De Gruyter’s Handbook of Media
Psychology. De Gruyter.

Anita K.C. Liu, (Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY) is an Assistant Professor at the
Department of Bio-Industry Communication and Development at the National Taiwan
University, studying political and health communication, misinformation, and media effects. Dr.
Liu was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Communications and New Media at the
National University of Singapore (2023-2024).

Ozan Kuru (Ph.D., University of Michigan), is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the
Department of Communications and New Media and a Principal Investigator at the Centre for
Trusted Internet and Community at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Kuru is broadly
interested in individuals’ engagement with digital technology and information about science,
health, and politics.

Correspondence: Anita Kuei-Chun Liu & Ozan Kuru

Anita Kuei-Chun Liu


Department of Bio-Industry Communication and Development, National Taiwan
University, Taiwan
1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd. Taipei, 106, Taiwan.
Phone: (+886)33664411.
Email: anitaliu@[Link]

Ozan Kuru
Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Block AS6, #03-12, 11 Computing Drive, 117416, Singapore
Phone: (+65)66016593.
Email: okuru@[Link]

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