But it also makes them more suspicious of someone not like them ” in a variety of ways, said media psychologist Pamela Rutledge.... One neighbor testified that a post about a car break-in prompted her to check her husband’s truck and discover some of his tools missing.... Scholars have long found that people who consume a lot of media tend to have a greater sense of fear, said David Ewoldsen, a Michigan State University professor who studies media and psychology....