Abstract
Research on the origin, dissemination, and support of conspiracy theories has skyrocketed. Studies reveal how individual antecedents such as people’s personality traits, intrinsic motivations, and broad social-psychological processes explain this phenomenon. Fewer studies, however, explored the role of cable news exposure. This study casts a new light on how exposure to Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC relate to people’s levels of general conspiracy mentality fueled by the belief in “secret-plotting orchestrated by powerful others.” Results from K-mean cluster algorithms, ordinary least squares (OLS) causal-autoregressive regressions, and cross-lagged panel structural equation model tests show Fox News exposure fosters people’s conspiracy mentality.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 889-910 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2024 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Communication
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