ABSTRACT

Media play a vital role in strengthening and promoting good governance. This study explores how valenced frames affect perceptions of good governance by examining two governance issues (Flint water crisis and Syrian refugee crisis). The study reveals that participants exposed to good governance framing of issues yield higher approval of government performance than participants exposed to bad governance news stories. An analysis of moderating influence of political knowledge reveals that participants with higher levels of political knowledge are more susceptible to valence framing effect, but this pattern is only found in the case of Syrian refugees. These findings contribute to a growing body of research and literature around valence framing effect. The study then addresses these results in the context of on-going critical governance issues.

摘要

媒体在加强和促进善政方面发挥着至关重要的作用。本研究通过考察两个治理问题（弗林特水危机和叙利亚难民危机），探讨了合价框架如何影响对善治的看法。该研究表明，与接触不良治理新闻报道的参与者相比，接触良好治理问题框架的参与者对政府绩效的认可度更高。对政治知识的调节影响的分析表明，政治知识水平较高的参与者更容易受到价框架效应的影响，但这种模式仅在叙利亚难民的案例中发现。这些发现有助于围绕价框架效应进行越来越多的研究和文献。然后，该研究在持续的关键治理问题的背景下解决了这些结果。