Table 1.
Bivariate correlations between all variables in the study.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. National culture | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Inoculation | 0.05 | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| 3. Motivational threat | 0.19** | 0.20** | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| 4. Analytic mode | 0.30** | 0.29** | 0.41** | 1.00 | |||||||||
| 5. Intuitive mode | 0.14* | 0.04 | 0.17** | 0.12* | 1.00 | ||||||||
| 6. Consp. film attitude | −0.03 | −0.21** | −0.25** | −0.22** | 0.07 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 7. Rational trait | −0.05 | 0.07 | 0.15** | 0.35** | −0.21** | −0.16** | 1.00 | ||||||
| 8. Experiential trait | 0.16** | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.49** | 0.01 | −0.11* | 1.00 | |||||
| 9. Epistemic trust | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.24** | 0.16** | 0.16** | −0.02 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 1.00 | ||||
| 10. Media literacy | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.14* | 0.32** | 0.02 | −0.07 | 0.25** | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 11. Initial attitudes | −0.18** | 0.02 | −0.26** | −0.16** | −0.13* | 0.26** | −0.02 | −0.15** | −0.12* | −0.04 | 1.00 | ||
| 12. Issue involvement | 0.48** | 0.04 | 0.38** | 0.25** | 0.23** | −0.01 | −0.07 | 0.19** | 0.23** | 0.09 | −0.41** | 1.00 | |
| 13. Comprehension | 0.39** | 0.11* | 0.37** | 0.46** | 0.07 | −0.08 | 0.21** | 0.10 | 0.19** | 0.25** | −0.14* | 0.33** | 1.00 |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. Consp. film attitude stands for conspiracy film attitude (i.e., resistance). For national culture, Finnish sample = 1, the United States sample = 2.