Abstract. Recent work highlights individual-level variation in negativity biases in news selection. There has, however, been limited work exploring the source of this individual-level variation. This study considers predispositions in information processing as a source of difference in news selection. We explore individual differences in learning biases identified using Hot Rod, a new purpose-built online game. Asymmetries in respondents’ learning of negative and positive information in Hot Rod are correlated with news selection decisions. It thus appears that valence-based differences in news consumption are at least partly a function of the same biases that govern learning and information processing more broadly.

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新闻选择中基于价的偏差

摘要。最近的工作强调了新闻选择中消极偏见的个体水平差异。然而，探索这种个体水平差异的来源的工作有限。本研究将信息处理中的倾向视为新闻选择差异的来源。我们探索使用新的专用在线游戏 Hot Rod 识别的学习偏差的个体差异。受访者在热棒中学习负面和正面信息的不对称性与新闻选择决策相关。因此，新闻消费中基于效价的差异似乎至少部分是由更广泛地支配学习和信息处理的相同偏见造成的。