Blinded by Emotions: The Association between Emotional Reactivity and Trust in Fictitious News Stories on Crime

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Studia Psychologica Pub Date : 2021-12-16 DOI:10.31577/sp.2021.04.833

Petra Filkuková, Johannes Langguth

引用次数: 2

Abstract

We investigated the relation between emotional reactivity measured by Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale – Short Form (PERS-S) and trust in fictitious news stories on crime. In Study 1 we found on a sample of 508 older adults (M = 70.6 years) that their general positive and negative emotional reactivity was associated with trust in the presented misinformation, experienced negative emotions elicited by the news stories and willingness to share the news. For young adults in Study 2 (N = 186; M = 21.7) there was a weaker association between emotional reactivity and trust in misinformation, which involved only negative emotional reactivity. For both samples, trust in fictitious news stories was associated with trust in traditional and new media. There was no association between trust in fictitious news stories and the amount of news consumption and Internet use. Based on our findings, the focus on emotion control and critical reading seems to be important in the fight against misinformation.

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情绪蒙蔽:虚构犯罪新闻故事中情绪反应与信任的关系

本研究以珀斯情绪反应简短量表(PERS-S)测量情绪反应与虚构犯罪新闻报道可信度之间的关系。在研究1中，我们在508名老年人(M = 70.6岁)的样本中发现，他们的总体积极和消极情绪反应与对所呈现的错误信息的信任、新闻故事引发的负面情绪以及分享新闻的意愿有关。研究2中的年轻人(N = 186;M = 21.7)，情绪反应与对错误信息的信任之间的关联较弱，仅涉及负面情绪反应。在这两个样本中，对虚构新闻故事的信任与对传统媒体和新媒体的信任有关。对虚构新闻故事的信任与新闻消费量和互联网使用之间没有关联。根据我们的研究结果，关注情绪控制和批判性阅读似乎对打击错误信息很重要。

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Studia Psychologica PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

8.30%

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审稿时长

43 weeks

期刊介绍： The international journal Studia Psychologica is published by the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, since 1956. The journal publishes original articles in the area of psychology of cognitive processes in personality and social context. The journal aims at providing contributions to the understanding of cognitive processes which are used in the everyday functioning of human beings. This includes studies on the acquisition and use of knowledge about the world by human beings, the nature of such knowledge, and the relationship between knowledge, behavior and personality conceived as an agent in his/her environment.