________ states that partisans who feel strongly about an issue will tend to see balanced media coverage as biased against their point of view.
A) Media imbalance hypothesis
B) Partisan media model
C) Hostile media effect
D) Third-person effect

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The Hostile Media Effect describes the phenomenon where individuals with strong preexisting attitudes towards an issue perceive media coverage as biased against their position, even when the coverage is relatively balanced.

________ States That Partisans Who Feel Strongly About an Issue