The relative impact of mass media on American liberalism, 1945-1990

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Department of Communication, 1996Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212

An Experimental Examination of Readers' Perceptions of Media Bias

Perceptions of media bias were explored by manipulating expectations of bias and news topic. Readers were more likely to designate material opposing their own viewpoints as biased. Perception of bias was topic-dependent and statements most often viewed as biased were quotations, rather than other types of statements. </jats:p

Selective Exposure and Dissonance after Decisions

Well-known literature reviews from the 1960s question whether cognitive dissonance underlies experimental participants' selective exposure of themselves to consonant messages and avoidance of dissonant ones. A meta-analytic review of 16 studies published from 1956 to 1996 and involving 1,922 total participants shows that experimental tests consistently support the supposition that dissonance is associated with selective exposure ( r = .22, p &lt; .001). Statistical power exceeded .99. Advances in statistical methodology and increased attention to selecting appropriate tests of dissonance theory were essential to finally resolving this question. </jats:p

Reduced-Order Models Using Clustering-Based Methods in Synthetic Jets

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Extraction and analysis of flow features in planar synthetic jets using different machine learning techniques

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