Selective attention is the idea that:
a. people easily remember ideas they disagree with.
b. people seek messages that agree with their own.
c. newspapers give more attention to popular stories.
d. people will tune out messages they do not agree with.
e. television stations cannot give one candidate more time than another.
Ans: d. people will tune out messages they do not agree with.
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a. distain of urban machines for political parties. b. weakness of municipal governments during the Progressive Era. c. civic engagement of rural residents. d. electoral fraud and corruption of many urban political machines.