Right-wing authoritarianism, conspiracy mentality, and susceptibility to distorted alternative news

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Influence Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1080/15534510.2021.1966499

L. Frischlich, Jens H. Hellmann, Felix Brinkschulte, Martin Becker, M. Back

引用次数: 11

Abstract

ABSTRACT At least since 2016, distorted news published in populist alternative media outlets have raised global concerns about the effects of distorted news on democratic process such as opinion formation and voting. Not all individuals are equally susceptible to distorted news. In three experimental studies (total N = 1,024), we demonstrate that (a) distorted alternative news are seen as less credible compared to journalist news; (b) the perceived credibility of distorted news is greater among right-wing authoritarians and conspiracy-minded individuals; (c) exposure to distorted news can bias these types of individuals’ attitudes about an unknown political candidate; and (d) distorted news leads people in general to develop less favorable attitudes toward the targeted candidate as compared to journalist news.

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右翼威权主义、阴谋心态和对扭曲另类新闻的敏感性

至少自2016年以来，民粹主义另类媒体发布的扭曲新闻引发了全球对扭曲新闻对民意形成和投票等民主进程影响的担忧。并非所有人都同样容易受到歪曲新闻的影响。在三项实验研究中(总N = 1,024)，我们证明了:(a)与记者新闻相比，扭曲的替代新闻被认为不那么可信;(b)在右翼威权主义者和有阴谋思想的个人中，扭曲新闻的可信度更高;(c)接触扭曲的新闻会使这些人对未知的政治候选人的态度产生偏见;(d)与记者的新闻相比，扭曲的新闻通常会导致人们对目标候选人产生不那么有利的态度。

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Social Influence PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Social Influence is a journal that provides an integrated focus for research into this important, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary field. Topics covered include: conformity, norms, social influence tactics such as norm of reciprocity, authority, scarcity, interpersonal influence, persuasion, power, advertising, mass media effects, political persuasion, propaganda, comparative influence, compliance, minority influence, influence in groups, cultic influence, social movements, social contagions, rumors, resistance to influence, influence across cultures, and the history of influence research.