Confidence in political leaders can slant risk perceptions of COVID–19 in a highly polarized environment

• Conservatives show lower risk perceptions of COVID-19 than liberals and moderates. • Confidence in political leaders can reduce risk perceptions of COVID-19. • It also can mediate the effects of political ideology on risk perceptions. • Attention to news about the outbreak of COVID-19 is positivel...

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Autores principales: Shao, Wanyun, Hao, Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7377700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32730961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113235
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Sumario:• Conservatives show lower risk perceptions of COVID-19 than liberals and moderates. • Confidence in political leaders can reduce risk perceptions of COVID-19. • It also can mediate the effects of political ideology on risk perceptions. • Attention to news about the outbreak of COVID-19 is positively correlated with risk perceptions. • Perceived quality of media coverage can lead to heightened risk perceptions of COVID-19.

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