Is there an ideological asymmetry in the moral approval of spreading misinformation by politicians?
Is there an ideological asymmetry in the moral approval of spreading misinformation by politicians?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2019.02.003
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Roets, Arne
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作者：
De Keersmaecker, Jonas;Roets, Arne
我们调查了意识形态和道德之间的关系（不赞成）传播错误信息的政治家。在实验1中（N = 254），更高的分数在右翼威权主义（RWA）和社会优势取向（SDO）的政治家说谎的委员会，搪塞，说谎的遗漏的容忍呈正相关。此外，共和党人比民主党人更能容忍政客们靠佣金撒谎和敷衍了事。实验2（N = 395）复制了这些结果，并检查党派偏见。民主党人（而不是共和党人）在容忍委托说谎方面表现出党派偏见，而共和党人（而不是民主党人）在容忍推诿方面表现出党派偏见。在这两个实验中，RWA和SDO调解政党和批准传播错误信息之间的关系。这些结果表明，右翼人士对政客传播错误信息的容忍度更高，尽管应该指出的是，总体认可水平相对较低。
We investigated the relationship between ideology and moral (dis)approval of spreading misinformation by politicians. In experiment 1 (N = 254), higher scores on Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) were positively related to tolerance of politicians lying by commission, paltering, and lying by omission. Also, republicans were more tolerant towards politicians lying by commission and paltering than democrats. Experiment 2 (N = 395) replicated these results, and examined partisan bias. Democrats (but not republicans) showed a partisan bias in tolerance of lying by commission, whereas republicans (but not democrats) showed a partisan bias in tolerance of paltering. In both experiments, RWA and SDO mediated the relationships between political party and approval of spreading misinformation. These results suggest that right-wing individuals are more tolerant to the spreading of misinformation by politicians, although it should be noted that overall levels of approval were relatively low.