Political Parties, Motivated Reasoning, and Issue Framing Effects

Misinformation often continues to influence people’s memory and inferential reasoning after it has been retracted; this is known as the continued influence effect (CIE). Previous research investigating the role of attitude-based motivated reasoning in this context has found conflicting results: Some studies have found that worldview can have a strong impact on the magnitude of the CIE, such that retractions are less effective if the misinformation is congruent with a person’s relevant attitudes, in which case the retractions can even backfire. Other studies have failed to find evidence for an effect of attitudes on the processing of misinformation corrections. The present study used political misinformation—specifically fictional scenarios involving misconduct by politicians from left-wing and right-wing parties—and tested participants identifying with those political parties. Results showed that in this type of scenario, partisan attitudes have an impact on the processing of retractions, in particular (1) if the misinformation relates to a general assertion rather than just a specific singular event, and (2) if the misinformation is congruent with a conservative partisanship.

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Is Same-Sex Marriage an Equality Issue? Framing Effects Among African Americans

Journal of Black Studies ◽

10.1177/0021934716642590 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 47 (7) ◽

pp. 682-700 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jason Gainous ◽

Laurie Rhodebeck

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Framing Effects ◽

Issue Framing ◽

Same Sex ◽

Same Sex Marriage

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Opinion-Formation and Issue-Framing Effects of Russian News in Kyrgyzstan

International Studies Quarterly ◽

10.1093/isq/sqz046 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 756-769 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hannah S Chapman ◽

Theodore P Gerber

Keyword(s):

Soft Power ◽

Public Diplomacy ◽

Framing Effects ◽

Issue Framing ◽

Opinion Formation ◽

Conditional Effects ◽

Cast Doubt ◽

Russian Media ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

Foreign Media

Abstract Powerful countries use foreign media broadcasts to enhance their soft power, yet there is scant empirical evidence as to whether such efforts actually sway public opinion abroad. Moreover, researchers have not specified conditions that may shape variations in the influence of foreign broadcasts and internet. We propose a theory that predicts, respectively, opinion-formation and issue-framing effects of foreign broadcasts as functions of the pervasiveness and familiarity of the issues they cover. We test our hypotheses by examining the potential effects of exposure to Russia-sourced broadcasts on views of Russia and other foreign policy issues in Kyrgyzstan, a most likely case of foreign media effects. Using an original, nationally representative survey conducted in Kyrgyzstan in 2015, we find that the influence of Russian media on Kyrgyzstani opinions varies according to the pervasiveness and familiarity of the issues at stake and is more limited than traditionally believed. The modest and conditional effects of foreign media in this particularly favorable environment cast doubt on the assumption that media are a soft-power tool “par excellence” and call for further research on how media can be used effectively for public diplomacy.

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Denial and Acknowledgment in Serbia

10.1093/oso/9780190882273.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Diane Orentlicher

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Social Identity ◽

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Motivated Reasoning ◽

Framing Effects ◽

False Beliefs ◽

Public Opinion Surveys ◽

The Rich

A paramount hope of Serbians who supported the ICTY was that its judgments would convince Serbian society that Serbs committed mass atrocities with extensive support from the Serbian government, and would persuade Serbia’s citizens and government to condemn those crimes unequivocally. During the first five or six years following the collapse of the Milošević regime, there was palpable progress in this sphere, a trend many Serbians believe the ICTY influenced. More recent years have, however, seen a rise in denialism. This chapter explores factors that account for each of these trends. Its conclusions reflect the rich insights of Serbians who administered periodic public opinion surveys, as well as social science research illuminating dynamics behind entrenched yet false beliefs, such as confirmation biases, motivated reasoning, social identity, heuristics, and framing effects.

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