Author ORCID Identifier

Kearns - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-9129

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2-2019

Publication Title

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

Volume

44

Issue

4

First Page

285

Last Page

309

Abstract

Public perceptions of terrorism are out of line with reality. How can perceptions be changed? Using a 4 × 2 experimental design with a national sample of U.S. adults, we examine how source of information and details provided impact views of terrorism. Sources, details, and individual-level factors—Islamophobia, trust in media, and trust in science—impact perceived accuracy of terrorism data. Many people updated their views on terrorism after reading factual information, yet only trust in science was related with this change. In short, people can be persuaded by factual information on terrorism, but it is less clear why they change beliefs.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, on January 2, 2019, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1543145

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

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