EXPLORING ANGER IN THE HOSTILE MEDIA PROCESS: EFFECTS ON NEWS PREFERENCES AND SOURCE EVALUATION

被引:34
作者
Arpan, Laura M. [1 ]
Nabi, Robin L. [2 ]
机构
[1] Florida State Univ, Dept Commun, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Commun, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
关键词
INFORMATION-SEEKING; SELECTIVE EXPOSURE; PEOPLE WATCH; MASS-MEDIA; PERCEPTIONS; CREDIBILITY; EMOTIONS; TRUST; BIAS; ASSOCIATION;
D O I
10.1177/107769901108800101
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Most studies of news bias judgments and news consumption do not consider the likely emotional responses to news content, and theoretical arguments suggest that approach emotions, like anger, may actually motivate more, not less, news consumption. An experiment found support for hypotheses that bias judgments would positively correlate with anger responses, and anger responses would associate not only with greater criticism of the reporter but also more, rather than less, interest in additional news stories containing both identity-threatening and identity-bolstering content.
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