An Experimental Investigation of News Source and the Hostile Media Effect

2003/06/01 by Laura Arpan, Arthur A. Raney · 9 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Sports, Gender, and Society #Media Influence and Health #Media Studies and Communication #Newspaper #Advertising #News media #Football #Media studies #Political science #Psychology #Sociology #Business #Law

paper · doi:10.1177/107769900308000203

openalex publication_date 2003/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/09

Abstract

This study examined the interaction among different news sources, individual levels of partisanship, and the hostile media effect in sports news. Two hundred and three participants read a balanced story about their home-town college football team in one of three newspapers: the home-town, the cross-state rival university's town, or a neutral-town paper. The study found differences in the hostile media effect across conditions, suggesting the importance of news source in the phenomenon. Further, findings indicate strong support for the hostile media effect among sports news consumers.

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