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Television, Authoritarianism, and Support for Trump: A Replication

Published:2023-04-29 Issue:2 Volume:87 Page:389-401
ISSN:0033-362X
Container-title:Public Opinion Quarterly
language:en
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Author:

Hermann Erik¹,Morgan Michael²,Shanahan James³^ORCID,Yan Harry Yaojun⁴

Affiliation:

1. Postdoctoral Researcher, Wireless Systems, IHP—Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik , Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

2. Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Emeritus, , Amherst, MA, US

3. The Media School, Indiana University Professor, , Bloomington, IN, US

4. The Media School, Indiana University PhD Student, , Bloomington, IN, US

Abstract

Abstract Many factors contributed to support for Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, among them media influences. Morgan and Shanahan (2017) found that television viewing was associated with support for Trump, mediated through authoritarianism. In light of the changes in the political and media environments during Trump’s presidency, our study examined whether Morgan and Shanahan’s (2017) findings still held in the 2020 US presidential election. Replicating their findings, we found that authoritarianism still mediates the relationship between television viewing and Trump support. As in the original study, the indirect effect is moderated by political ideology and gender, with stronger indirect effects among liberals and females.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

History and Philosophy of Science,General Social Sciences,Sociology and Political Science,History,Communication

Link

https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-pdf/87/2/389/50873542/nfad015.pdf

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