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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Elizabeth Stoycheff
Abstract
This study examines the role journalistic practices and story balance contribute to higher levels of Hostile Media Effect and Negative Affect. The 2x3 factorial designed experiment provided 478 participants with one of six treatments. Each participant read three news stories and then measures of HME and negative affect were gathered. Half of the participants read stories with the political titles of Republican and Democrat to determine if the words served as a “hot contagion” and amplified HME. The results were not significant. Additionally, in the treatments, stories were created to have either a balanced story, a left-leaning bias, or a right-leaning bias. Participants did not display a statistically significant difference in HME levels. This dissertation did show that issue involvement and partisanship were significant predictors of Negative Affect, and Negative Affect mediated political identifiers effect on HME.
Recommended Citation
Burgess, Gary Scott, "Journalistic Practices And Rituals Influence On Negative Affect And Hostile Media Effect" (2024). Wayne State University Dissertations. 4035.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/4035
