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International Journal of Public Opinion Research Advance Access published online on May 4, 2007
International Journal of Public Opinion Research, doi:10.1093/ijpor/edm011
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Personal Bias or Government Bias? Testing the Hostile Media Effect in a Regulated Press System

Stella C. Chia, Shing Yew Joel Yong, Zi Wen Diana Wong and Wei Ling Koh

Address correspondence to Dr. Stella C. Chia, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637718, tcychia{at}ntu.edu.sg

This study examines the hostile media effect in relation to partisans’ perception of the slant of news coverage in a highly regulated press environment—Singapore. We found that partisans in Singapore perceived unbiased news to be in favor of the other side, while the nonpartisans perceived the same news to be neutral. Our findings show that hostile media effects can persist in a restricted press environment where people are aware of the government's control of media coverage. We also found that partisans’ awareness of the government's control of media information contributed to their perception of the article slant as well.

The authors would like to thank Al Gunther and Ivan Kwek for their assistance with this project. The article was first submitted to IJPOR May 9, 2006. The final version was received December 5, 2006.


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