Anti-Intellectualism and Selective Exposure in the Context of Abortion, Immigration, and Guns

This study will test whether anti-intellectualism moderates selective exposure effects. Proponents and opponents of gun control, strict immigration, and abortion will report how much they would like to hear from someone on their own side and someone on the other side of the issue. We predict that in each case, participants will prefer to hear from their own side and that anti-intellectualism will moderate this effect: as anti-intellectualism increases, selective exposure will increase.