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Assessing the Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Opinionated News:
How Opinionated News Affects Political Attitudes
Mark BoukesHajo G. BoomgaardenMarjolein MoormanClaes H. De Vreese
Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 20144th February 2014, Wageningen
Opinionated “news”
Not follow essential journalistic standards:
- objectivity, fairness, and accuracy
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Research Question and Theory
How does opinionated news affect citizens’ political attitudes?
Theory:Presumed influenceRelative Hostile Media Phenomenom
Are these consequential for politically relevant variables?
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Hypothesis 1: The influence of Presumed influence
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Presumed
influence
Perceived
opinion climate
H1a H1b
H1c
Attitude
Objective news
versus
Opinionated news
Hypothesis 2: The influence of bias perceptions
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Political preference:
Left vs. Right
AngerPerceived
bias
H2a H2b
H2c
Attitude
Objective news
versus
Opinionated news
Method
Experiment: randomized exposure to a TV news item
2 x 2 design
4 conditions:
Adult sample recruited via Panelclix.
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Opinionated PowNews(n = 61)
Objective NOS
(n = 59)
Opinionated NOS
(n = 61)
Objective PowNews(n = 60)
Stimuli
Topic: widening of the highway A27-Broadcasted by NOS and PowNews-Clear debate structure with advocates and opponents
•Video creation:- Original NOS item used as basis- 2 recorded voice-overs: neutral vs. opinionated- 2 source cues: NOS vs. PowNews
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Example
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Partially latent structural regression model
χ2(59) = 75.55, p = .072, CFI = .99; SRMR = .05, RMSEA = .04, 90% CI [.00, .06].10
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Presumed
influence
Perceived
opinion
climate
Attitude toward
highway
widening
Objective NOS
versus
Opinionated PowNews
Objective PowNews
versus
Opinionated PowNews
Objective NOS
versus
Opinionated NOS
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+
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Results: Hypothesis 1
Results: Hypothesis 2
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Political preference:
Left vs. Right
Perceived
bias
Objective NOS
versus
Opinionated PowNews
Objective PowNews
versus
Opinionated PowNews
Objective NOS
versus
Opinionated NOS
+
+ +
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Results: Hypothesis 2
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Results: Hypothesis 2
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Political preference:
Left vs. Right
AngerPerceived
bias
Attitude toward
highway
widening
Objective NOS
versus
Opinionated PowNews
Objective PowNews
versus
Opinionated PowNews
Objective NOS
versus
Opinionated NOS
+
+ +
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Conclusion 2 mechanisms: one cognitive, one affective.
Salience of a topic may influence strength of indirect effects- Low salience: Follow perceptions of the perceived majority- High salience: Likely to evoke hostile media perceptions
Normal conditions:- Selective exposure ≠> hostile media perception Positive indirect effect
- People also watch ideologically incongruent news,
so hostile media effect will still occur.
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Questions / Remarks?Assessing the Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of
Opinionated News:
How Opinionated News Affects Political Attitudes
Boukes, M. Boomgaarden, H. G.Moorman, M.de Vreese, C. H.
Contact: [email protected]
