Emotions vs. cognitions? Testing competing models of response to a media message in predicting participation

Emily Vraga; Kjerstin Thorson; Timothy Fung; Hans Meyer

Emotions vs. cognitions? Testing competing models of response to a media message in predicting participation

Emily Vraga
, Kjerstin Thorson
, Timothy Fung
, Hans Meyer

Department of Interactive Media

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This study tests an enduring debate about the role of emotions and cognitions as a response to a media message, as well as their subsequent effects on encouraging political participation. Specifically, we test the process of mediation between cognition and emotion in response to an uncivil partisan attack. Our study suggests that cognitive evaluations partially mediate emotional reactions, but that both play a role – funneled through negative feelings – in predicting participation.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009
Event	92nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2009 - Sheraton Boston, Boston, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2009 → 8 Aug 2009

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Conference	92nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	5/08/09 → 8/08/09

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Emotions vs. cognitions? Testing competing models of response to a media message in predicting participation. / Vraga, Emily; Thorson, Kjerstin; Fung, Timothy et al.
2009. Paper presented at 92nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2009, Boston, United States.

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