Abstract Prior research suggests that exposure to adverse news stories involving the police negatively impacts consumers’ attitudes toward these actors. Yet, most investigations have neglected to examine contemporary media diets, such as online consumption and engagement, and attitudes toward the police. Using a sample of mostly young adults, the current study contributes to the media effects literature by examining the relationships between online (Internet and social media) consumption and engagement and attitudes toward police legitimacy. Results indicate that consuming negative police stories on the Internet is associated with perceiving the police as less legitimate. Furthermore, this relationship varies by political ideology but not race. Findings and direction for future research are discussed.

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净合法性：互联网和社交媒体的曝光度以及对警察的态度

摘要先前的研究表明，接触涉及警察的不利新闻故事会对消费者对这些行为者的态度产生负面影响。但是，大多数调查都忽略了研究当代媒体的饮食习惯，例如在线消费和订婚以及对警察的态度。本研究使用了一个大多数为年轻人的样本，通过研究在线（互联网和社交媒体）消费与敬业度和对警察合法性态度之间的关系，为媒体影响文学做出了贡献。结果表明，在互联网上消费负面的警察故事与人们认为警察的合法性不高有关。此外，这种关系因政治意识形态而异，而不因种族而异。讨论了发现和未来研究的方向。