Living in a (Mediated) Political World: Mindfulness, Problematic News Consumption, and Political Hostility

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI:10.1177/00936502241277149

Bryan McLaughlin, Melissa R. Gotlieb, Devin J. Mills, Michael J. Serra, Joshua Cloudy

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Abstract

The present research draws from the work in narrative transportation to examine the impact of problematic news consumption (PNC) on increased political hostility among partisans. Because individuals with high levels of PNC tend to become absorbed and fixated on the mediated political world, which is filled with exaggerated depictions of political conflict, they should be more prone to view those who disagree with them as “enemies,” leading to an increased likelihood of getting into fights, flaming, and even becoming radicalized. We explore this relationship, along with the role of dispositional mindfulness as a protective mechanism that reduces susceptibility toward PNC and, in turn, political hostility, across two surveys—a cross-sectional survey and a two-wave longitudinal survey. Our findings provide strong support for our hypothesized model: dispositional mindfulness relates to lower levels of political hostility indirectly through its relationship to PNC, particularly among those with higher levels of conflict-approach orientation.

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生活在（媒介化的）政治世界中：正念、有问题的新闻消费和政治敌意

本研究借鉴了叙事运输方面的研究成果，探讨了问题新闻消费（PNC）对党派成员政治敌意增加的影响。由于PNC水平较高的人往往会沉浸并固着于充斥着对政治冲突夸张描述的媒介化政治世界，因此他们应该更容易将与自己意见相左的人视为 "敌人"，从而导致更有可能与人发生争吵、火并，甚至变得激进。我们通过两项调查--横截面调查和两波纵向调查--探讨了这一关系，以及正念作为一种保护机制在降低PNC易感性，进而降低政治敌意方面所起的作用。我们的研究结果为我们的假设模型提供了强有力的支持：倾向性正念通过其与PNC的关系间接地与较低的政治敌意水平相关，尤其是在那些具有较高冲突取向水平的人群中。

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Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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