The present research draws from the work in narrative transportation to examine the impact of problematic news consumption (PNC) on increased political hostility among partisans. Because individuals with high levels of PNC tend to become absorbed and fixated on the mediated political world, which is filled with exaggerated depictions of political conflict, they should be more prone to view those who disagree with them as “enemies,” leading to an increased likelihood of getting into fights, flaming, and even becoming radicalized. We explore this relationship, along with the role of dispositional mindfulness as a protective mechanism that reduces susceptibility toward PNC and, in turn, political hostility, across two surveys—a cross-sectional survey and a two-wave longitudinal survey. Our findings provide strong support for our hypothesized model: dispositional mindfulness relates to lower levels of political hostility indirectly through its relationship to PNC, particularly among those with higher levels of conflict-approach orientation.

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生活在（调解的）政治世界中：正念、有问题的新闻消费和政治敌意


本研究借鉴叙事传播方面的研究成果，探讨有问题的新闻消费（PNC）对党派之间政治敌意增加的影响。由于 PNC 水平较高的个人往往会全神贯注于媒介政治世界，而政治世界充满了对政治冲突的夸张描述，因此他们应该更容易将那些不同意他们的人视为“敌人”，从而导致打架、发火甚至变得激进的可能性。我们通过两项调查（一项横断面调查和两波纵向调查）探讨了这种关系，以及性格正念作为一种保护机制的作用，该机制可以降低对 PNC 的敏感性，进而降低政治敌意。我们的研究结果为我们的假设模型提供了强有力的支持：性格正念通过其与 PNC 的关系间接与较低水平的政治敌意相关，特别是在那些具有较高水平的冲突方法取向的人中。