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Media Consumption and War Risk Perception : How News Exposure Relates to Public Threat Assessment
Yildiz, Samira (2025) Media Consumption and War Risk Perception : How News Exposure Relates to Public Threat Assessment.
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| Abstract: | This study examined how media consumption relates to the perceived risk of war in university students. The aim was also to investigate how different forms and ways of media consumption relate to war-related risk perception as well as to examine whether knowledge about internation conflicts relates to this. The research was primarily based on theories such as the affect heuristic as well as the availability bias and emphasized the emotional component of risk perception especially in the context of war and international conflicts. Data were collected using a cross-sectional online survey with primarily Dutch and German university students (N = 82). The survey assessed their perceived war risk, media consumption habits, as well as their perceived and objective knowledge on ongoing international affairs. Results showed that more than the amount and frequency of overall media consumption, the content consumed was of great importance for war-risk perception. Selective exposure and interaction with war related content on social media was linked to higher perceived risk of war. Consumption of national television news was associated with lower perceived risk. Neither perceived nor objective knowledge on international conflicts significantly predicted war-risk perception. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107148 |
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