“…There is limited evidence suggesting that viewers learn from soft news and entertainment (Hahn, Iyengar, van Aelst, & Curran, 2012;Kim & Vishak, 2008), though some studies suggest that exposure to conflict and human interest frames, often associated with soft news, may increase learning among groups less interested in politics (Albaek et al, 2014). Several studies also show that public service news has stronger knowledge effects than commercial TV news Eveland & Scheufele, 2000;Fraile & Iyengar, 2014;Liu & Eveland, 2005;Shehata et al, 2015;Soroka et al, 2013;Strömbäck, 2016;Tewksbury, Weaver, & Maddex, 2001).…”