Book contents
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 4 Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 5 Sociopolitical Factors and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 6 The Relation between Media and Anxiety
- Chapter 7 The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 8 Influences of Media and Anxiety in a Psychological and Sociopolitical Context
- Chapter 9 Conclusions
- Appendix Methodology of Our Studies and Samples
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - The Relation between Media and Anxiety
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2021
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 4 Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 5 Sociopolitical Factors and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 6 The Relation between Media and Anxiety
- Chapter 7 The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 8 Influences of Media and Anxiety in a Psychological and Sociopolitical Context
- Chapter 9 Conclusions
- Appendix Methodology of Our Studies and Samples
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, we commence our analysis of media effects by considering how the media influence affective responses such as anxiety. In so doing, this chapter provides a foundation for affective influences of the media, and how this social influence might contribute to conspiracy beliefs.
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- Creating Conspiracy BeliefsHow Our Thoughts Are Shaped, pp. 117 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021