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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The attentive public hypothesis argues that people who are politically engaged and interested will seek out political information from all forms of news, while those who are not interested will tune out. Therefore, choice D is the correct answer. Choices A, B, and C all describe different aspects of selective exposure, which is not the same as the attentive public hypothesis.

Which of the Following Statements Describes the Attentive Public Hypothesis