The effect of negative energy news on social trust and helping behavior

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Highlights：

• Individuals are inclined to demonstrate an attentional bias toward negative news.

• Exposure to negative news can reduce trust, which further reduces helping behavior.

• Negative news headlines result in negative cognitive bias, and reduces trust and helping behavior.

摘要

•Individuals are inclined to demonstrate an attentional bias toward negative news.•Exposure to negative news can reduce trust, which further reduces helping behavior.•Negative news headlines result in negative cognitive bias, and reduces trust and helping behavior.

论文关键词：Online negative news,Helping behavior,Social trust,The general learning theory,The social cognitive theory

论文评审过程：Received 3 April 2018, Revised 22 September 2018, Accepted 5 November 2018, Available online 9 November 2018, Version of Record 13 November 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.11.012