@article{0d3fadf41f3d45e6bd5db0a15611c745,
title = "Multilevel causal attributions on transboundary risk: Effects on attributions of responsibility, psychological distance, and policy support",
abstract = "This study used two randomized experiments in a prospective design (Study 1 N = 297, Study 2 N = 296) to examine how multilevel causal attribution dimensions (internal vs. external to an individual or a country) shape domestic and foreign policy support to counter transboundary risk. Results from Study 1 and 2 showed that external-country (vs. internal-country) causal attribution reduced perceptions of internal-country attributions of responsibility, which had a cross-lagged effect on support for domestic-industry policies to mitigate the risk. In contrast, perceptions of external-country attributions of responsibility increased support for foreign policies in a 2-week follow up. This study offers theoretical insights into the demarcation of multilevel causal attribution dimensions in studying media framing effects. It also highlights some important causal mechanisms of how media frames shape public support for policies aimed at transboundary risk mitigation.",
keywords = "air pollution, media frames, multilevel causal attributions, risk mitigation, transboundary risk",
author = "Kim, {Hye Kyung} and Yungwook Kim",
note = "Funding Information: Both Korea‐individual and Korea‐societal attributions of responsibility had no cross‐lagged effects on domestic‐individual policy support (= 0.013, = 0.81, = 0.028, = 0.59, respectively; RQ1). Domestic‐industry policy support at Wave 2 significantly increased as a function of the perceptions of Korea‐societal attributions of responsibility (= 0.20, < 0.001; RQ1), but not by the Korea‐individual attributions of responsibility assessed at Wave 1 (= −0.03, = 0.58; RQ1). The perceptions of China‐societal attributions of responsibility had a cross lagged effect on foreign policy support (= 0.22, < 0.001; RQ2). The Korea‐societal attributions of responsibility did not change foreign policy support at Wave 2 (= 0.03, = 0.54; RQ2). Psychological distance had cross‐lagged effects on domestic‐industry (= −0.18, = 0.001) and foreign policy support (= −0.13, = 0.029), but not on domestic‐individual policy support (= −0.07, = 0.156). Thus, H3 was partially supported. Using 5,000 bootstrap samples, there was a significant indirect effect of the China‐societal attribution condition (vs. Korea‐societal attribution) on support for domestic‐industry policies (95% CI = −0.068, −0.001). No other indirect effects were observed in Study 2. β p β p β p β p β p β p β p β p β p Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Society for Risk Analysis.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1111/risa.14000",
language = "English",
journal = "Risk Analysis",
issn = "0272-4332",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
}