Why do people watch news they do not trust? The need for cognition as a moderator in the association between news media skepticism and exposure

被引：189

作者：

Tsfati, Y ^{[1
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Cappella, JN

机构：

[1] Univ Haifa, Dept Commun, IL-31905 Haifa, Israel

[2] Univ Penn, Annenberg Sch Commun, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

来源：

MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY | 2005年 / 7卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1207/S1532785XMEP0703_2

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 [文学]; 0503 [新闻传播学];

摘要：

Prior research has found only modest associations between news media trust and exposure. Many news skeptics report moderate to high levels of mainstream news exposure, despite their mistrust of mainstream news. Why do people watch news they do not trust? This study investigates the moderating role played by the psychological construct of "the need for cognition" (NFC) in this association. An NFC x Media Skepticism interaction is hypothesized and tested on survey data (N = 424). Results provide evidence for such an interaction. For those with a reduced NFC, mainstream media skepticism is strongly associated with news exposure. As NFC increases, the association between news skepticism and exposure disappears. It is concluded that people consume news they do not trust when their media skepticism is irrelevant to their motivation for news exposure.

引用

页码：251 / 271

页数：21

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