School of Public Health, New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center.
Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Health Commun. 2023 Oct;38(9):1856-1861. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2037199. Epub 2022 Feb 15.
The present study sought to determine the extent to which the message or messenger is more important for news media portrayal of gun violence prevention. Exploratory analyses also examined factors related to Fox News and MSNBC credibility. Participants (N = 3,500) were US adults matched to the 2010 US Census on several demographic variables. Two mock headlines were presented: "Gun violence is result of mental health problems" and "Storing firearms in a safe can help prevent suicides." Headlines were reported to be from either Fox News or MSNBC. Participants then rated accuracy of the headline and credibility of the news source. Headline content did not predict perceived accuracy of the headline. Perceived credibility of the messenger was associated with perceived accuracy for both mock headlines. Exploratory analyses indicated several demographic factors related to Fox News and MSNBC credibility. Regardless of the content of a headline, the degree to which participants perceived it as accurate was associated with how credible they believed the source to be. These findings highlight the importance of credible media portrayal of accurate information on gun violence prevention.
本研究旨在确定信息本身和信息传递者哪个对新闻媒体对枪支暴力预防的描述更为重要。探索性分析还考察了与福克斯新闻和 MSNBC 可信度相关的因素。参与者（N=3500）是与 2010 年美国人口普查在几个人口统计学变量上相匹配的美国成年人。呈现了两个模拟标题：“枪支暴力是心理健康问题的结果”和“将枪支存放在安全的地方有助于防止自杀”。标题被标记为来自福克斯新闻或 MSNBC。然后，参与者评估标题的准确性和新闻来源的可信度。标题内容并未预测标题的准确性。信息传递者的感知可信度与两个模拟标题的感知准确性都相关。探索性分析表明，与福克斯新闻和 MSNBC 可信度相关的几个人口统计学因素。无论标题的内容如何，参与者认为其准确的程度与他们认为来源可信的程度相关。这些发现强调了可信媒体对枪支暴力预防的准确信息进行描述的重要性。
