ABSTRACT

Partisans tend to view the news as biased against them, an effect believed to be driven in part by social identity. As Twitter comments contain cues that signal group identity, this preregistered study examines the effects of comment identity on hostile media perception (HMP). Across two experiments comment identity was manipulated. Results were mixed. Outgroup comments amplified HMP, moderated by audience position; yet this finding was not replicated. Second, audience position accounted for differences in HMP, which runs counter to the original conceptualization. Results are discussed concerning self-categorization and biased perception of news media.

摘要

游击队倾向于认为新闻对他们有偏见，这种影响被认为部分是由社会身份驱动的。由于 Twitter 评论包含表明群体身份的线索，这项预先注册的研究检查了评论身份对敌对媒体感知 (HMP) 的影响。在两个实验中，评论身份被操纵。结果喜忧参半。外群评论放大了 HMP，由观众位置调节；然而，这一发现并没有被复制。其次，观众位置占了HMP的差异，这与最初的概念背道而驰。讨论了关于自我分类和对新闻媒体的偏见看法的结果。