Abstract

This article studies the asymmetric effects of credit and blame attributions in economic news on government evaluations. We rely on a dataset combining a manual content analysis of Dutch economic news (print, television, online; N = 5,630) with a three-wave panel survey (N = 3,240) that was fielded in 2015. Results show that people who are exposed to news in which the government is blamed for the economy tend to adopt this frame by assigning responsibility to the government for the economic crisis. In addition, exposure to blame attributions leads to more negative government evaluations. This effect is partly mediated through the attribution of crisis responsibility. Credit attributions in the news do not have any effect on public opinion.

中文翻译：

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归功还是责备？经济新闻中政府责任的不对称影响

摘要

本文研究经济新闻中信用和非责任归因对政府评估的不对称影响。我们依赖于一个数据集，该数据集结合了对荷兰经济新闻的手动内容分析（印刷，电视，在线；N  = 5,630）与 2015年进行的三波面板调查（N = 3,240）。结果表明，暴露在外的人们听到政府被指责为经济的新闻倾向于采用这种框架，即将对经济危机的责任分配给政府。此外，受到责备归因的风险会导致政府做出更多负面评价。这种影响在某种程度上是通过归因于危机责任来实现的。新闻中的信用归属对公众舆论没有任何影响。