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Wow , I Didn’t Know That! the Role of Epistemic Emotions and Perceived Credibility in the Relation betw een Political Beliefs and Responses to Fake and True New s
Sven Waldzus (Waldzus, S.); Angela Rijo (Rijo, A.);
Event Title
2023 Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Year (definitive publication)
2023
Language
English
Country
United States of America
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Abstract
In an online study (N = 259), epistemic emotions (interest, surprise) and perceived credibility mediated the relation betw een prior political beliefs in the democratic system and accuracy ratings as w ell as sharing intentions w hen exposed to political true and fake new s. Unexpectedly, the emotions’ impact w as mediated by perceived credibility.
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Keywords
  • Psychology - Social Sciences

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