H1: Homogeneity increases importance of political identity. |
✓ |
H2: Homogeneity increases ingroup evaluation. |
✓ |
H3a: Homogeneity increases political rumor bias. |
PS: Only for helping rumor |
H3b: Homogeneity increases sharing political rumor bias. |
PS: Only for helping rumor |
H4a: Homogeneity increases fake headline bias. |
PS: Only for Republicans |
H4b: Homogeneity increases sharing fake headline bias. |
PS: Only for Republicans |
H5a: Cognitive reflection not related to rumor belief. |
✓ |
H5b: Cognitive reflection not related to rumor sharing. |
✓ |
H6a: Cognitive reflection predicts fake news belief. |
PS: Only for Republicans |
H6b: Cognitive reflection predicts fake news sharing. |
PS: Only for Republicans |