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News On Social Media, Rwa, And Anti-Asian Sentiment During Covid-19 Pandemic, Hang Duong
News On Social Media, Rwa, And Anti-Asian Sentiment During Covid-19 Pandemic, Hang Duong
Honors Undergraduate Theses
This study examined the relationship between exposure to COVID-19 fake news, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), sociodemographic factors (i.e., race, biological sex), and xenophobia along with anti-Asian sentiment during the pandemic. Participants included 133 female and male college students. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) exposed to COVID-19 fake news, (2) exposed to real news related to COVID-19 news, and (3) no news exposure. All participants from three groups were then asked to complete a series of measures regarding their attitudes toward Asian Americans and xenophobia. Participants levels of RWA and sociodemographic variables of race and biological sex …