Shattering the myth of legality: The impact of the media's framing of Supreme Court procedures on perceptions of fairness
Shattering the myth of legality: The impact of the media's framing of Supreme Court procedures on perceptions of fairness
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00518.x
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Gangl, Amy
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作者：
Baird, Vanessa A.;Gangl, Amy
一些学者认为，媒体倾向于将最高法院描绘成天生非政治性的，这是许多人相信“合法性神话”的部分原因，在这种神话中，最高法院被认为凌驾于日常政治的意识形态冲突之上。我们的实验分析表明，公民对有政治动机的法院的新闻报道的反应比他们对描述严格遵循法律的准则的法院的报道的反应更消极。有趣的是，我们的研究结果还表明，与其说是大法官之间没有政治争吵，不如说是法律的指导方针的存在推动了结果，这是公平感的来源。
The tendency of the media to depict the Supreme Court as inherently apolitical, some scholars argue, is part of the reason that many believe in the "myth of legality" in which the Court is perceived to operate above the ideological skirmishes of everyday politics. Our experimental analyses show that citizens react more negatively to press reports of a politically motivated Court than they do to coverage portraying a Court that strictly follows legal guidelines. Interestingly, our results also suggest that it is not so much the perceived absence of political wrangling among justices but rather it is the presence of legal guidelines driving the outcome that is the source of the perception of fairness.