Additionally, exposing participants to either positive or negative news reports about the economy had a significant impact on approval of the oil exploration, in which those exposed to negative news reports on the economy were more approving of the oil exploration than those exposed to positive reports.
Lestur á annaðhvort neikvæðum eða jákvæðum fréttaskýringum um efnahaginn hafði marktæk áhrif á stuðning við olíuleitina, en þeir sem lásu neikvæðar fréttaskýringar um efnahaginn voru jákvæðari í garð olíuleitarinnar en þeir sem lásu jákvæðar fréttaskýringar um efnahaginn.