People’s news diets are shaped by a diverse set of selection biases that may be unconscious in nature. This study investigates whether providing individuals with information about such unconscious biases attenuates selective exposure. More specifically, in two selective-exposure experiments among Dutch ingroup members focusing on ethnic (N = 286) and religious (N = 277) minorities, we expose individuals to their unconscious prejudices as measured by the Implicit Association Test (IAT) before documenting their news-selection patterns. Findings indicate that the effectiveness of this awareness-inducing strategy depends upon existing levels of implicit and explicit prejudice and overly expressed acceptance of the IAT scores. This implies that raising awareness of implicit prejudice works as an effective strategy for fighting biased news selection for some, but may backfire for others, and should therefore only be implemented with caution and attention for explicit considerations.

中文翻译：

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有关偏差的信息是否会削弱选择性曝光？隐性偏差反馈对外群丰富新闻选择的影响

人们的新闻节食是由一系列可能在本质上是无意识的选择偏见形成的。本研究调查向个人提供有关此类无意识偏见的信息是否会减弱选择性暴露。更具体地说，在针对少数族裔 (N = 286) 和宗教 (N = 277) 少数群体的荷兰内群体成员中进行的两项选择性暴露实验中，我们在记录他们之前通过内隐关联测试 (IAT) 将个人暴露于他们的无意识偏见中。新闻选择模式。调查结果表明，这种提高意识的策略的有效性取决于现有的隐性和显性偏见水平以及对 IAT 分数的过度接受。