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Trusting the facts: The role of framing, news media as a (trusted) source, and opinion resonance on perceived truth in statistical statements.
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- Lindgren, Elina (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG),Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG)
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Lindholm, Torun (author)
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Vliegenthart, Rens (author)
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Boomgaarden, Hajo (author)
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Damstra, Alyt (author)
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- Strömbäck, Jesper, 1971 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG),Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG)
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Tsfati, Yariv (author)
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- 2022
- 2022
- English.
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In: Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual conference.
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Abstract
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- Scholars have raised concerns that on many issues, citizens are reluctant to trust factual evidence and statistics. One factor that has been shown to impact the perceived truth in statistics is how they are presented, where negatively framed statistics are perceived truer than positive. This study explores when this bias may apply and not. Results from a survey experiment confirm the presence of a negativity bias in truth perceptions, but also that effects are heterogeneous and moderated by, in particular, the recipients’ pre-existing opinions. These findings provide valuable information to public actors responsible for disseminating factual information to diverse publics.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Media and Communications (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- equivalence framing
- perceived truth in statistical statements
- negativity bias
- media trust
- opinion resonance
Publication and Content Type
- vet (subject category)
- kon (subject category)
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