What to Believe and What to Avoid: Examining the Impact of Affective Polarization on Credibility Perceptions and Norm Sensitivity
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu15978684602580272021-10-16T05:25:16Z What to Believe and What to Avoid: Examining the Impact of Affective Polarization on Credibility Perceptions and Norm Sensitivity Zichettella, Brianna R. Communication affective polarization polarization political identity social identity theory Research suggests that negative affect between political groups may impact the way that group members interact with counter-attitudinal information. Increasing the affective polarization of political group members may cause them to rate two-sided and counter-attitudinal news headlines as lower in credibility. It may also increase their sensitivity to injunctive norms promoted by in-party elites. These theories are tested in a pair of experiments manipulating participants’ affective polarization in order to examine changes in their credibility perceptions of political headlines and their sensitivity to injunctive norms, respectively. This manipulation failed to produce statistically significant effects. These relationships were subsequently tested cross-sectionally based on natural variation in participants’ affective polarization. However, these tests also failed to detect a significant relationship between affective polarization and the outcomes of interest. Although these results are inconclusive, a broad examination of patterns within the studies’ non-results suggests that further theorizing in this area may be required. 2020 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1597868460258027 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1597868460258027 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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What to Believe and What to Avoid: Examining the Impact of Affective Polarization on Credibility Perceptions and Norm Sensitivity |
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What to Believe and What to Avoid: Examining the Impact of Affective Polarization on Credibility Perceptions and Norm Sensitivity |
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What to Believe and What to Avoid: Examining the Impact of Affective Polarization on Credibility Perceptions and Norm Sensitivity |
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what to believe and what to avoid: examining the impact of affective polarization on credibility perceptions and norm sensitivity |
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2020 |
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