Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University.
Health Commun. 2021 Dec;36(14):1921-1930. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1808404. Epub 2020 Aug 24.
The current study tested the "corrective action hypothesis" by analyzing intentions to engage in discursive activities for mental health in response to news coverage of mass shootings. Hypotheses were proposed regarding how involvements with the news influence on people with mental health issues moderate preexisting attitude toward people with mental health issues in predicting perceived media bias, and how perceived media bias predicts intention to engage in discursive activities for mental health. Two hundred nighty eight respondents were surveyed through Qualtrics national research panels. The results suggested participants would not be motivated by their prior attitude toward mental health to take part in discursive activities unless they are highly involved with the news issue and in the meantime perceived mass shooting coverage is biased against people with mental health. The results extended the discussion of corrective action hypothesis to the context of media coverage of mass shooting - a significant issue nowadays that intertwines with public health concerns. The results also provide a basis for the discussion of the potential benefits of employing perceived media bias in educating the public by appealing to individuals' outcome concerns and value systems.
本研究通过分析人们对大规模枪击事件新闻报道的反应，是否有意愿参与心理健康方面的话语活动，以此来检验“纠正措施假说”。本文提出了一些假设，即人们对新闻的参与度如何影响心理健康问题，以及这种影响如何调节人们对心理健康问题的既有态度，从而预测感知到的媒体偏见，以及感知到的媒体偏见如何预测参与心理健康话语活动的意愿。通过 Qualtrics 全国研究小组，对 228 名受访者进行了调查。结果表明，除非参与者高度关注新闻问题，同时认为大规模枪击事件的报道对心理健康人群存在偏见，否则他们不会因为对心理健康的既有态度而受到激励，去参与话语活动。研究结果将“纠正措施假说”的讨论扩展到了媒体对大规模枪击事件的报道背景下，这是当今一个与公共卫生问题交织在一起的重要问题。研究结果还为通过唤起个人对结果的关注和价值体系，利用感知到的媒体偏见来教育公众的潜在好处提供了讨论的基础。
