Running head: EMOTIONAL NEWS AFFECTS SOCIAL JUDGMENTS 1 Emotional news affects information processing and social judgments independent of perceived media credibility Julia Baum & Rasha Abdel Rahman Department of Psychology and Berlin School of Mind and Brain Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Corresponding Author: Julia Baum, julia.baum@hu-berlin.de, Rudower Chaussee 18, 12489 Berlin Or Rasha Abdel Rahman, rasha.abdel.rahman@hu-berlin.de, Rudower Chaussee 18, 12489 Berlin