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> If Fox News moves to the center, will its audience move along with it? Or will they just migrate to competing outlets such as Newsmax? There have been studie
by throw0101a 2y ago
> If Fox News moves to the center, will its audience move along with it? Or will they just migrate to competing outlets such as Newsmax?
There have been studies that have shown that changing channels cause people to change their views:
* https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730725 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730725
* https://osf.io/preprints/osf/jrw26 https://osf.io/preprints/osf/jrw26 (PDF available)
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272724001920 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004727272...
Interview with study co-author:
* https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/04/16/media-changing-views-study https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/04/16/media-changing-vi...
So if the shift is gradual, then there could be a shift over time on viewers' part.