Working Title: Who’s to Blame and Does it Matter? An Assessment of Emotional Reactions to COVID-19 Related Deaths

• In Event: Misinformation, Conspiracy Thinking, & Political Intolerance

Brief Overview

We explore how emotions and perceptions of social groups impact blame attribution for COVID-19 related deaths. Using a nationally representative sample of US adults, results provide mixed support for hypotheses

Authors

• Thomas Michael Dolan, University of Central Florida

• Kelsey L Larsen, University of Central Florida

• Kenicia Wright, Arizona State University