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Effekten av politiskt partisanship vid exponering för desinformation

Andersson, Mathilda LU and Lindvall, Alice LU (2024) PSYK11 20241
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Förevarande studie utforskar betydelsen av partisanship när svenskar exponeras för politisk desinformation genom fake news. Undersökningen antog en kvantitativ ansats och rekryteringen av deltagare skedde via sociala medieplattformar kända för att premiera användarengagemang med hjälp av algoritmer, där deltagarna ombads delta genom att genomföra en onlineenkät. Forskningsfrågan som vägledde arbetet var: vilken betydelse har politiskt partisanship när svenskar exponeras för politisk desinformation online? Forskningsfrågan undersöktes genom en kartläggning av respondenternas politiska partisanship i fråga om blocktillhörighet, följt av att de exponerades för åtta fabricerade nyhetsrubriker kombinerade med bilder av partiledare som... (More)
Förevarande studie utforskar betydelsen av partisanship när svenskar exponeras för politisk desinformation genom fake news. Undersökningen antog en kvantitativ ansats och rekryteringen av deltagare skedde via sociala medieplattformar kända för att premiera användarengagemang med hjälp av algoritmer, där deltagarna ombads delta genom att genomföra en onlineenkät. Forskningsfrågan som vägledde arbetet var: vilken betydelse har politiskt partisanship när svenskar exponeras för politisk desinformation online? Forskningsfrågan undersöktes genom en kartläggning av respondenternas politiska partisanship i fråga om blocktillhörighet, följt av att de exponerades för åtta fabricerade nyhetsrubriker kombinerade med bilder av partiledare som associeras med antingen höger- eller vänsterblocket. Effekten av partisanship bedömdes genom acceptansnivåer kopplade till innehållet i de fabricerade nyheterna samt styrkan och beskaffenheten av den reaktion som deltagarna uppgav sig uppleva när de först exponerades för positiva respektive negativa stimuli kopplade till upplevda in- respektive utgruppspolitiker. Datan analyserades med hjälp av envägs-ANOVA och korrelationsmatriser. Resultaten ger stöd åt tesen om ett ingruppsbias avseende positivt ingruppsstimuli och stärker vidare tidigare forskning som anfört att ett negativitetsbias knutet specifikt till nyhetsrapportering, men däremot påvisades inget tydligt negativt utgruppsbias. Vidare konstaterades en signifikant korrelation mellan deltagarnas förutfattade uppfattningar om olika politiker och hur trovärdiga de ansåg att nyhetsrubriker om politikerna upplevdes vara. (Less)
Abstract
The current study explores the impact of political partisanship among Swedes upon exposure to political disinformation through fake news online. Utilizing a quantitative research approach, participants were recruited through social media platforms known to promote engagement through algorithms and subsequently asked to complete an online survey. The study's research question was: what significance does political partisanship hold when Swedes are exposed to political disinformation online? Which was examined by mapping political partisanship by coalition affiliation and then exposing participants to eight fabricated news article headlines, paired with politicians associated with either the right or left coalition. The impact of partisanship... (More)
The current study explores the impact of political partisanship among Swedes upon exposure to political disinformation through fake news online. Utilizing a quantitative research approach, participants were recruited through social media platforms known to promote engagement through algorithms and subsequently asked to complete an online survey. The study's research question was: what significance does political partisanship hold when Swedes are exposed to political disinformation online? Which was examined by mapping political partisanship by coalition affiliation and then exposing participants to eight fabricated news article headlines, paired with politicians associated with either the right or left coalition. The impact of partisanship was assessed by the acceptance rates of the fake news content among participants, as well as the strength in reaction reported upon exposure to each positive and negative stimuli about perceived ingroup and outgroup politicians. Data was analyzed through one-way ANOVAs and correlation matrices. The results supports the notion of an ingroup bias in regard to positive ingroup stimuli, and further strengthen earlier findings about a negativity bias in regards to news content, though no negative outgroup bias effect could be concluded. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between prior beliefs about the politicians and the subsequent assessment of the credibility of the news. (Less)
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Andersson, Mathilda LU and Lindvall, Alice LU
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organization
course
PSYK11 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
partisanship, disinformation, social identity theory, in-group, out-group, in-group bias, negativity bias, confirmation bias, social identitetsteori, in- och utgrupp, ingruppsbias, negativitetsbias, bekräftelsebias
language
Swedish
id
9155620
date added to LUP
2024-06-17 13:33:31
date last changed
2024-06-17 13:33:31
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  abstract     = {{The current study explores the impact of political partisanship among Swedes upon exposure to political disinformation through fake news online. Utilizing a quantitative research approach, participants were recruited through social media platforms known to promote engagement through algorithms and subsequently asked to complete an online survey. The study's research question was: what significance does political partisanship hold when Swedes are exposed to political disinformation online? Which was examined by mapping political partisanship by coalition affiliation and then exposing participants to eight fabricated news article headlines, paired with politicians associated with either the right or left coalition. The impact of partisanship was assessed by the acceptance rates of the fake news content among participants, as well as the strength in reaction reported upon exposure to each positive and negative stimuli about perceived ingroup and outgroup politicians. Data was analyzed through one-way ANOVAs and correlation matrices. The results supports the notion of an ingroup bias in regard to positive ingroup stimuli, and further strengthen earlier findings about a negativity bias in regards to news content, though no negative outgroup bias effect could be concluded. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between prior beliefs about the politicians and the subsequent assessment of the credibility of the news.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Mathilda and Lindvall, Alice}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Effekten av politiskt partisanship vid exponering för desinformation}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}