Abstract
Informed by the third-person effect hypothesis, this study used a survey of 1,060 Chinese university students to analyze the impact of anti-corruption news on Chinese audiences’ attitudes and political participation. This study found that university students tended to think the influence of anti-corruption news on others was greater than on themselves. In addition, issue involvement and new media attention to such news were found to reduce the self-other perceptual gap. Furthermore, the perceived effects of such news on self were positively associated with supportive attitude toward the anti-corruption policies. Meanwhile, perceived effects on others were negatively related to respondents’ political participation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 452-472 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISSN | 1077-6990 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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