Two paths of news frames affecting support for particulate matter policies in South Korea: The moderating roles of media exposure and psychological distance.

IF 3 3区医学 Q1 MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS

Risk Analysis Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI:10.1111/risa.17675

In-Jae Lim, Yungwook Kim, Soyoung Kim

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Abstract

This study examined the paths through which the news frames of particulate matter (PM) influence support for governmental policies aiming to address PM. It also explored the mediating effects of anxiety and risk perception in the relationship between news frames and policy support, as well as the moderating effects of media exposure and psychological distance on the PM news framing effect. Based on an experimental design (N = 676), two groups of news frames were prepared for comparison: a narrative frame group and a numerical frame group. The results showed no significant differences in anxiety or risk perception between the two groups. Further, no significant mediating effects of anxiety or risk perception were found in the process through which PM news frames influence support for governmental policies. However, media exposure significantly moderated the effect of the narrative frame: With high (low) media exposure, the narrative frame positively (negatively) influenced policy support through risk perception. Moreover, when the level of psychological distance was low, the narrative frame positively influenced policy support through risk perception. This study contributes to the literature on news framing of PM by integrating cognitive and emotional mechanisms in forming policy attitudes.

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新闻框架影响韩国颗粒物政策支持度的两条路径：媒体曝光率和心理距离的调节作用。

本研究探讨了颗粒物（PM）新闻框架影响对旨在解决PM问题的政府政策的支持的途径。研究还探讨了焦虑和风险认知在新闻框架与政策支持之间的中介效应，以及媒体接触和心理距离对可吸入颗粒物新闻框架效应的调节作用。基于实验设计（N = 676），我们准备了两组新闻框架进行比较：叙事框架组和数字框架组。结果显示，两组在焦虑和风险感知方面没有明显差异。此外，在总理新闻框架影响对政府政策的支持的过程中，也没有发现焦虑或风险认知有明显的中介效应。然而，媒体接触对叙事框架的影响有明显的调节作用：媒体曝光率高（低）时，叙事框架通过风险认知对政策支持产生积极（消极）影响。此外，当心理距离水平较低时，叙事框架会通过风险认知对政策支持产生积极影响。本研究通过整合政策态度形成过程中的认知和情感机制，为有关总理新闻框架的文献做出了贡献。

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Risk Analysis 数学-数学跨学科应用

CiteScore

7.50

自引率

10.50%

发文量

183

审稿时长

4.2 months

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