The Immediate and Delayed Beliefs in Headlines With High-arousal Sentence Starters

IF 3.2 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI:10.1177/00936502251343979

Xiaoyu Zhou, Zhang Tan, Danjun Wang, Fei Wang, Kaiping Peng

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Abstract

Emotionally charged messages can distort truth perception, and recent research highlights the impact of emotional language on news beliefs. While past studies have focused on emotional valence, the role of emotional arousal in shaping beliefs remains underexplored, particularly regarding its long-term effects. This research investigates both immediate and delayed beliefs in response to headlines with high-arousal sentence starters (HASS), such as “Shocking!.” Across five longitudinal experiments ( N immediate = 1,329; N delayed = 687), including two preregistered studies and a mini meta-analysis, we found that HASS initially suppresses belief. However, this effect diminishes over time, leading to a rebound in belief. These findings underscore the importance of emotional language in truth perception and suggest that practitioners should exercise caution when employing HASS in communication strategies.

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高唤醒句子开头标题的即时信念和延迟信念

情绪激动的信息会扭曲对真相的认知，最近的研究强调了情绪语言对新闻信仰的影响。虽然过去的研究主要集中在情绪效价上，但情绪唤醒在形成信念方面的作用仍未得到充分探索，尤其是在其长期影响方面。这项研究调查了对带有高唤醒句子开头词（HASS）的标题（如“令人震惊！”）的即时信念和延迟信念的反应。在5个纵向实验中(N immediate = 1329；N延迟= 687)，包括两项预注册研究和一项小型荟萃分析，我们发现HASS最初会抑制信念。然而，这种影响会随着时间的推移而减弱，从而导致信心的反弹。这些发现强调了情感语言在真相感知中的重要性，并建议从业者在沟通策略中使用HASS时应谨慎行事。

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Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： Empirical research in communication began in the 20th century, and there are more researchers pursuing answers to communication questions today than at any other time. The editorial goal of Communication Research is to offer a special opportunity for reflection and change in the new millennium. To qualify for publication, research should, first, be explicitly tied to some form of communication; second, be theoretically driven with results that inform theory; third, use the most rigorous empirical methods; and fourth, be directly linked to the most important problems and issues facing humankind. Critieria do not privilege any particular context; indeed, we believe that the key problems facing humankind occur in close relationships, groups, organiations, and cultures.