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Anti-Gender Fundamentalist Traditionalism and Vulnerability to Misinformation.

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Název: Anti-Gender Fundamentalist Traditionalism and Vulnerability to Misinformation.
Autoři: Righetti, Nicola
Zdroj: Journal of Media & Religion; Oct-Dec2025, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p125-139, 15p
Témata: MISINFORMATION, SOCIAL marginality, ANTI-feminism, CULTURAL values, ETHICAL absolutism, MORAL attitudes, RELIGIOUSNESS, ANTI-gender movements
Geografický termín: ITALY
Abstrakt: This study investigates how culturally rooted moral worldviews shape vulnerability to misinformation by introducing the concept of fundamentalist traditionalism – a belief system grounded in rigid values concerning gender, sexuality, and family, and exemplified by culture war phenomena such as the anti-gender movement. While previous research has linked religious fundamentalism to susceptibility to misinformation, the role of moral absolutism – independent of institutional religion – remains underexplored. Drawing on data from the 2017 European Values Study (Italy) and employing Structural Equation Modeling, we test whether traditionalist values mediate the relationship between religiosity and social marginality – a proxy for misinformation vulnerability. The results indicate that more substantial support for traditionalist values is associated with higher levels of social marginality. These findings suggest that moral conservatism – such as that expressed by the anti-gender movement – exists at a culturally vulnerable crossroads, where rigid moral convictions may heighten susceptibility to misinformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstrakt:This study investigates how culturally rooted moral worldviews shape vulnerability to misinformation by introducing the concept of fundamentalist traditionalism – a belief system grounded in rigid values concerning gender, sexuality, and family, and exemplified by culture war phenomena such as the anti-gender movement. While previous research has linked religious fundamentalism to susceptibility to misinformation, the role of moral absolutism – independent of institutional religion – remains underexplored. Drawing on data from the 2017 European Values Study (Italy) and employing Structural Equation Modeling, we test whether traditionalist values mediate the relationship between religiosity and social marginality – a proxy for misinformation vulnerability. The results indicate that more substantial support for traditionalist values is associated with higher levels of social marginality. These findings suggest that moral conservatism – such as that expressed by the anti-gender movement – exists at a culturally vulnerable crossroads, where rigid moral convictions may heighten susceptibility to misinformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:15348423
DOI:10.1080/15348423.2025.2541098