Motivated Misperception? Party, Education, Partisan News, and Belief in “Death Panels”

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dc.contributor.authorPatrick C. Meirick
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:33Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:31:31Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:33Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:31:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-01
dc.description.abstractThis study drew on the literature in motivated reasoning and 2009 Pew survey data to examine the roles of partisanship, education, news exposure, and their interactions in the misperception that health care reform would create “death panels.” Radio news exposure encouraged the misperception only among Republicans, while newspaper exposure discouraged it, especially among non-Republicans. But rather than polarize perceptions along partisan lines as predicted, Fox News exposure contributed to misperception mainstreaming. Finally, this study identified a complex role for education in both inhibiting misperceptions (as a main effect) and promoting them (as an interaction with Fox News exposure).en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationMeirick, P. C. (2013). Motivated Misperception? Party, Education, Partisan News, and Belief in “Death Panels”. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 90(1), 39-57. doi: 10.1177/1077699012468696en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1077699012468696en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25317
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectmotivated reasoningen_US
dc.subjectpolitical knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectmisperceptionen_US
dc.subjectFox Newsen_US
dc.titleMotivated Misperception? Party, Education, Partisan News, and Belief in “Death Panels”en_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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