Are you someone who is affected by the hostile media effect or do you know someone who is? How do you react when you see balanced news reports that include political views that you don't like? Are you concerned that less informed people could be influenced by these views? Do you blame the media for reporting these views?

 Think back over some TV programs that you watched recently. Did you see a narrative that could potentially persuade you to do something? Did the program include information about the social world that you didn't know but could change how you think or act? For example, were new illnesses, jobs or ideas presented? Did you identify with a TV character and then want to do something that they did?

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