2024
DOI: 10.3390/bs14040278
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The Influence of Affective Empathy on Online News Belief: The Moderated Mediation of State Empathy and News Type

Yifan Yu,
Shizhen Yan,
Qihan Zhang
et al.

Abstract: The belief in online news has become a topical issue. Previous studies demonstrated the role emotion plays in fake news vulnerability. However, few studies have explored the effect of empathy on online news belief. This study investigated the relationship between trait empathy, state empathy, belief in online news, and the potential moderating effect of news type. One hundred and forty undergraduates evaluated 50 online news pieces (25 real, 25 fake) regarding their belief, state empathy, valence, arousal, and… Show more

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