Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements describes the attentive public hypothesis?
A) People seek out information about subjects that are particularly important or interesting to them and ignore other subjects.
B) People prefer to encounter information that is politically agreeable to them.
C) The spread of new media allows people to tailor their news consumption to their own political tastes.
D) Seeking out political information is a matter of generic political interest. People absorbed by politics tune in to all forms of news, while the rest tune out politics.
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