Amplifying Division: Electoral Misinformation and Political Intolerance in Brazil

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2026-03-11 DOI:10.1177/20563051261419393

Patrícia Rossini, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Camila Mont’Alverne

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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between misinformation and political intolerance during the 2022 Brazilian Election. Using a three-wave survey, we show that citizens who believe false claims about electoral fraud become more intolerant toward political opponents over time. Beliefs in electoral misinformation consistently predicted increases in intolerance over the course of the election. We find an indirect effect for using messaging apps for news and intolerance, mediated by beliefs in electoral misinformation, suggesting that citizens who rely on messaging apps for news are not only more susceptible to believing misinformation but also to its detrimental effects on democracy. These findings highlight electoral misinformation as a key driver of intolerant attitudes in polarized democracies, operating not only by eroding trust in institutions but also by undermining citizens’ commitment to democratic norms.

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放大分裂：巴西的选举错误信息和政治不容忍

这项研究考察了2022年巴西大选期间的错误信息与政治不容忍之间的关系。通过一项三波调查，我们发现，随着时间的推移，相信有关选举欺诈的虚假声明的公民对政治对手的容忍度越来越低。对选举错误信息的信念一直预示着选举过程中不宽容的增加。我们发现，通过对选举错误信息的信念，使用即时通讯应用程序获取新闻和不容忍会产生间接影响，这表明依赖即时通讯应用程序获取新闻的公民不仅更容易相信错误信息，而且更容易对民主产生有害影响。这些发现突出表明，在两极分化的民主国家，选举中的错误信息是导致不宽容态度的关键因素，它不仅侵蚀了人们对机构的信任，还破坏了公民对民主规范的承诺。

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来源期刊

Social Media + Society COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

9.20

自引率

3.80%

发文量

111

审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Media + Society is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that focuses on the socio-cultural, political, psychological, historical, economic, legal and policy dimensions of social media in societies past, contemporary and future. We publish interdisciplinary work that draws from the social sciences, humanities and computational social sciences, reaches out to the arts and natural sciences, and we endorse mixed methods and methodologies. The journal is open to a diversity of theoretic paradigms and methodologies. The editorial vision of Social Media + Society draws inspiration from research on social media to outline a field of study poised to reflexively grow as social technologies evolve. We foster the open access of sharing of research on the social properties of media, as they manifest themselves through the uses people make of networked platforms past and present, digital and non. The journal presents a collaborative, open, and shared space, dedicated exclusively to the study of social media and their implications for societies. It facilitates state-of-the-art research on cutting-edge trends and allows scholars to focus and track trends specific to this field of study.