What Lies Beneath
Mediators of Public Support for International Economic Cooperation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12738259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Quynh Nguyen (0000-0001-8466-7643, Australian National University, corresponding author), Gabriele Spilker (0000-0003-2490-1981, University of Konstanz) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 697-718 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-9299 • E-ISSN: 1478-9302 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14789299221113188 |
| OpenAlex | W4292542281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
The current public backlash against several trade agreements has triggered a vivid discourse about the impact of top-down communication of such initiatives on public opinion. Findings from previous work on the impact of issue frames provide distinct expectations about the influence of different types of messages on people’s opinion. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the impact of message cues on opinion formation. In this article, we shed light on one potential mechanism that mediates issue framing effects: individuals’ emotional reaction. By means of a survey-embedded experiment conducted in the United States and Germany, we expose respondents to different frames about the benefits and risks of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement. The results show that frames have a significant effect on public opinion, but frames that emphasize losses seem more persuasive than frames promoting the gains from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Complementing our empirical investigation, with a causal mediation analysis we find that framing effects are indeed mediated by people’s emotional responses to the frames
Backlash · Economics · Empirical evidence · Framing (construction · Framing effect · General partnership · Mediation · Negotiation · Persuasion · Political science · Politics · Public discourse · Public opinion · Public relations · Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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Cognitive, social, and physiological determinants of emotional state.
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The Race Card
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect
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Framing, Agenda Setting, and Priming
Framing Persuasive Appeals
Framing Emotional Response
The Structure of Emotional Response
A Simple Theory of the Survey Response
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Issue Framing Effects on Belief Importance and Opinion
Framing Support for the Supreme Court in the Aftermath of Bush v. Gore
Investigating Frame Strength
Toward a Psychology of Framing Effects
Emotion and the Framing of Risky Choice
Determining Trade Policy
Framing and Deliberation
Value Conflict, Group Affect, and the Issue of Campaign Finance
Issue Framing and Public Opinion on Government Spending
Mood, misattribution, and judgments of well-being
Affective and semantic components in political person perception
Fear, anger, and risk
Beyond simple pessimism
The two general activation systems of affect
Framing Theory
The Partisan Brain
Political Preference Formation
Unpacking the Black Box of Causality
Media Framing of a Civil Liberties Conflict and Its Effect on Tolerance
Anxiety, Enthusiasm, and the Vote
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |