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Perceptions of Public Opinion Polls and Their Influence on Willingness to Share Polling News: Developing and Validating a Measure of Polling Distrust and Exploring Its Role
Perceptions of Public Opinion Polls and Their Influence on Willingness to Share Polling News: Developing and Validating a Measure of Polling Distrust and Exploring Its Role
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104719
- ISBN
- 9798288881268
- DDC
- 070
- 저자명
- Moon, Junghyun.
- 서명/저자
- Perceptions of Public Opinion Polls and Their Influence on Willingness to Share Polling News: Developing and Validating a Measure of Polling Distrust and Exploring Its Role
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Indiana University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 190 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-01, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Peifer, Jason.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation investigates how public distrust in opinion polling shapes individuals' perceptions of public opinion, perceived media influence, and willingness to engage with polling news. Despite polls' central role in democratic communication, recent polling failures and political polarization have intensified public skepticism, prompting the need for a deeper conceptual and empirical understanding of "polling distrust." Unlike prior work that treats trust and distrust as opposite ends of a continuum, this research conceptualizes polling distrust as a distinct, multidimensional construct that reflects confident negative expectations toward the believability, methodology, and motives of polling institutions. The dissertation comprises two interrelated studies. Study 1 develops and validates a new multi-dimensional scale of polling distrust, capturing three core dimensions: distrust in believability of polling results, distrust in polling methods, and distrust in the benevolence of pollsters. Grounded in theories of media trust, organizational communication, and faith in science, the study establishes the construct's factorial structure, convergent/discriminant validity, and predictive utility.Study 2 employs a survey experiment to examine how polling distrust moderates individuals' responses to counter-attitudinal polling news-that is, polling results that challenge their preexisting political views. Drawing on hostile media perception, third-person perception, and spiral of silence theories, the study explores how polling distrust affects perceived self-other opinion incongruity, perceived effects of polling on others versus self, and willingness to share polling news. It also tests the moderating role of source cues (e.g., in-group vs. out-group news outlets) on these relationships.Findings highlight polling distrust as a powerful force that shapes how individuals interpret and engage with public opinion polls, particularly in polarized contexts. The research offers theoretical contributions by refining existing frameworks of media perception and emphasizing the behavioral consequences of distrust beyond media use. Ultimately, this dissertation demonstrates that polling distrust is not merely a byproduct of general media skepticism, but a distinct perceptual lens that shapes how individuals interpret public opinion, assess media influence, and decide whether to engage in political expression-thus playing a critical role in the communicative processes that underlie democratic discourse.
- 일반주제명
- Journalism
- 일반주제명
- Communication
- 일반주제명
- Political science
- 일반주제명
- Film studies
- 키워드
- News engagement
- 키워드
- Polling distrust
- 기타저자
- Indiana University The Media School
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-01A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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