The Influence of News Consumption Habits and Dispositional Traits on Trust in Medical Scientists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15470261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meng Zhen Larsen (0009-0002-8305-0718, Global Policy Institute), Michael Robert Haupt (0000-0003-4985-7796, University of California San Diego), Tiana McMann (0000-0003-1964-5549, University of California San Diego), Raphael E Cuomo (0000-0002-8179-0619, University of California San Diego), Tim K Mackey (0000-0002-2191-7833, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 5842-5842 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20105842 |
| PMID | 37239568 |
| OpenAlex | W4376875133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 51 |
Public trust in medical institutions is essential for ensuring compliance with medical directives. However, the politicization of public health issues and the polarized nature of major news outlets suggest that partisanship and news consumption habits can influence medical trust. This study employed a survey with 858 participants and used regression analysis to assesses how news consumption habits and information assessment traits (IATs) influence trust in medical scientists. IATs included were conscientiousness, openness, need for cognitive closure (NFCC), and cognitive reflective thinking (CRT). News sources were classified on the basis of factuality and political bias. Initially, readership of liberally biased news was positively associated with medical trust ( p p = 0.28), while CRT ( p p p < 0.05) were positively associated with medical trust. While partisan media bias may influence medical trust, these results suggest that those who have higher abilities to assess information and who prefer more credible news sources have a greater trust in medical scientists
Audience measurement · Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Conscientiousness · Consumption (sociology · Extraversion and introversion · News media · Openness to experience · Personality · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |