Book Review: Politics and Political Elites in Latin America: Challenges and Trends by Manuel Alcántara, Mercedes García Montero, and Cristina Rivas Pérez
In: The international journal of press, politics, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 541-544
ISSN: 1940-1620
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In: The international journal of press, politics, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 541-544
ISSN: 1940-1620
In: Journalism & mass communication quarterly: JMCQ, S. 107769902311719
ISSN: 2161-430X
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.