1st Edition

Right-Wing Media’s Neurocognitive and Societal Effects

By Rodolfo Leyva Copyright 2023
200 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book empirically tests, compares, and explains the effects of British and American legacy conservative press and far-right websites, on accordant political views and behavioural intentions. Correspondingly, the 2016 Brexit Referendum and American Presidential election results are often attributed to the spread of fake news through social media, Russian Bots, and alt-right news websites.... Read more

  Introduction 

1    How Our Brains Form and Maintain Political Positions

2    The Insidious Ways News Content Can Inflects People’s Politics

3   Does Digital Fake News Change Voting Choices?: A Priming Experiment

4    Old vs New Right-Wing Media’s Fomentation of Xenophobia: A Framing Experiment

5    Tabloids and Public Support for Immigration: A Cultivation Experiment  

6    On the Importance of Journalism Ethics for a Democratic Society

      References 

      Index

Biography

Dr. Rodolfo Leyva is a Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at the University of Birmingham – School of Social Policy.