Title

Influence of Media Sources and Political Affiliation on COVID-19 Information Believability

Authors

Evelyn WeldonFollow
Hayley KassraieFollow
Deyonce BrownFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 4-14-2021

Abstract

The goal of this research project was to see if one's political affiliation affected the news sources they read regarding their beliefs about COVID-19. Participants read the same article from one out of three news sources: Fox News, CNN, or no news source. Afterwords, they rated the accuracy of the article. We hypothesized that participants who read news from a source that aligned with their political affiliation were more likely to believe the information stated in that article than those who read from sources that did not align with their political affiliation.

Comments

PSYC 461

Recommended Citation

Weldon, Evelyn; Kassraie, Hayley; and Brown, Deyonce, "Influence of Media Sources and Political Affiliation on COVID-19 Information Believability" (2021). Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry. 174.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rci_spring/174

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