Framing research has predominantly revealed detrimental effects of episodic news frames, including individualist blame attributions and political cynicism. However, such frames may also discourage group biases and impede motivated reasoning regarding identity politics. In two experiments (N = 815; N = 1,019), we test the effect of episodic frames on group-consonant attitudes through identity-motivated reasoning. The two studies produce mixed results. Episodic frames might decrease gender-motivated reasoning for women with weaker gender identities when news threatens their identity, but not for men or for women with stronger gender identities. The implications for journalism and democracy are discussed.

框架研究主要揭示了情节新闻框架的有害影响，包括个人主义指责归因和政治犬儒主义。然而，这样的框架也可能阻止群体偏见并阻碍关于身份政治的动机推理。在两个实验中（N  = 815；N  = 1,019），我们通过身份动机推理测试了情节框架对群体辅音态度的影响。这两项研究产生了不同的结果。当新闻威胁到她们的身份时，情节框架可能会降低性别认同较弱的女性的性别动机推理，但对于男性或性别认同较强的女性则不然。讨论了对新闻和民主的影响。