Why is right-wing media consumption associated with lower compliance with COVID-19 measures?
- Exposure to right-wing media has been shown to be related to lower perceived threat from COVID-19, lower compliance with prophylactic measures against it, and higher incidence of infection and death. What features of right-wing media messages may account for these effects? In a preregistered cross-sectional study (\(\ it N\) = 554), we tested a model that differentiates perceived consequences of two CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommendations – washing hands and staying home – for basic human values. People who consumed more right-wing media perceived these behaviors as less beneficial for their personal security, for the well-being of close ones, and the well-being of society at large. Perceived consequences of following the CDC recommendations mediated the relationship between media consumption and compliance with recommendations. Implications for public health messaging are discussed.
| Author: | Vladimir PonizovskiyORCiDGND, Lusine GrigoryanORCiDGND, Wilhelm HofmannORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-106970 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000337 |
| Parent Title (English): | Journal of media psychology |
| Publisher: | Hogrefe |
| Place of publication: | Göttingen |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/01/25 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2022/06/21 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | COVID-19; compliance; media; value-instantiating beliefs; values |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| First Page: | 3 |
| Last Page: | 16 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC 4.0 - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International |
