New Media Challenges: Selective Attention, Motivated Reasoning, Attitude Formation, and Healthy Living

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the lecture on selective attention, motivated reasoning, attitude formation, and healthy living in the context of new media.

Cyber-Balkanization

Fragmentation of the media landscape, especially online, with the rise of niche media and opinion-driven news.

Echo Chamber

A situation where individuals hear their pre-existing beliefs repeated, reinforcing attitudes with limited knowledge acquisition or exposure to disagreement.

Selective Exposure

The tendency to favor information that reinforces pre-existing views while avoiding contradictory information, influenced by algorithms creating filter bubbles.

Attitude

An organized predisposition to respond in a favorable or unfavorable manner toward a specific class of objects, influencing selective exposure.

Credibility Heuristics

Cognitive shortcuts used for evaluating credibility, including reputation, endorsement, consistency, self-confirmation, expectancy violation, and persuasive intent.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information in a way that supports pre-existing beliefs.

Quackery

The use of unproven methods or remedies to cure diseases that are not scientifically accepted.

Cyberchondria

Excessive or repeated search for health-related information online, driven by distress or anxiety, which amplifies the distress or anxiety.