According to the text, what is the "hostile media effect"? -Springboard 4.3 English 4

The hostile Media Effect phenomenon ocurs when an identical news coverage is viewed as biased in favor of the other side by the partisans.

Explanation:

"Why Partisans View  Mainstream Media as  Biased and Ideological  Media as Objective" is an article written by Matthew C. Nisbet. The article talks about the political paradox in America.

The author writes that the political parties tend to believe that mainstream media is biased and is in favor of the other party. But they also believe that the media which represent the identitical ideology is fair.

The phenomenon of viewing identical news coverage as biased against themselves by partisans is known as 'hostile media effect.' The partisans, according to research, tend to categorize the same media coverage as hostile towards themselves, thus this phenomenon is known as 'hostile media effect.

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