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political information processing  

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  • Political information processing focuses on human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors as they relate to political communication. It evaluates messages and cognitive processes on the part of recipients and considers how governments, politicians, or administrators frame and construct media messages to influence the attitudes, beliefs, and opinions of voters. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Political Information Processing]

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