To correct or not to correct? Social identity threats increase willingness to denounce fake news through presumed media influence and hostile media perceptions

被引:16
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作者
Cohen, Elizabeth L. [1 ]
Seate, Anita Atwell [2 ]
Kromka, Stephen M. [3 ]
Sutherland, Andrew [4 ]
Thomas, Matthew [5 ]
Skerda, Karissa [6 ]
Nicholson, Andrew [7 ]
机构
[1] West Virginia Univ, Commun Studies, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Commun, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] Univ Tampa, Commun, Tampa, FL 33606 USA
[4] Blinn Community Coll, Publ Speaking & Intro Commun Studies, Brenham, TX USA
[5] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[6] Carnegie Dartlet, Westford, MA USA
[7] Cayuga Community Coll, Auburn, NY USA
关键词
Presumed media influence; hostile media perceptions; social identity threat; fake news; COVERAGE; IDENTIFICATION;
D O I
10.1080/08824096.2020.1841622
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Social network site users report being concerned about Fake news, but little is understood about what motivates them to denounce it when they knowingly encounter it. An online experiment showed that the presence of a political ingroup social identity threat in fake news content indirectly affected participants' willingness to publicly denounce a fake news article by decreasing presumed media influence but increasing hostile media perceptions.
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页码:263 / 275
页数:13
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