ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or to what extent partisan online media use is positively associated with people’s obtaining partisan misinformation and forming partisanship-consistent attitudes toward political issues. This study examines whether people are more likely to obtain attitude-consistent misinformation that undercuts their partisan beliefs. Also examined is the role that misinformation plays in the relationship between partisan online media use and attitudes towards partisan issues. A nation-wide online survey of 1,032 respondents in South Korea showed that people were more likely to accept misinformation if it was supportive of their partisanship. Findings further suggest that political misinformation mediated the relationship between partisan online media use and attitudes toward partisan issues. Partisan online media use appears to guide people in their learning party-consistent misinformation that leads them to have greater partisanship-consistent attitudes toward political issues.

摘要

本研究的目的是调查党派在线媒体的使用是否或在多大程度上与人们获得党派错误信息和形成对政治问题的党派一致态度正相关。这项研究检验了人们是否更有可能获得与态度一致的错误信息，从而削弱他们的党派信仰。还检查了错误信息在党派在线媒体使用和对党派问题的态度之间的关系中所起的作用。一项针对韩国 1,032 名受访者的全国性在线调查显示，如果错误信息支持他们的党派偏见，人们就更有可能接受这些错误信息。研究结果进一步表明，政治错误信息调节了党派在线媒体使用与对党派问题的态度之间的关系。