Researchers Have Documented Systematic Differences in Knowledge Between Better-Informed and Less

question 11

Multiple Choice

Researchers have documented systematic differences in knowledge between better-informed and less informed segments of the population that can be attributed to the differing availability of news. This is referred to as the ______.

• A) ubiquity effect
• B) spiral-of-silence
• C) priming effect
• D) knowledge gap

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