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Do People Watch what they Do Not Trust? Exploring the Association between News Media Skepticism and Exposure
Yariv Tsfati,Joseph N. Cappella +1 more
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Hypotheses predicting a relationship between media skepticism and news media consumption are tested and findings show that media skepticism is negatively associated with mainstream news exposure but positively associated with nonmainstream news exposure.Abstract:
This article explores a possible association between skepticism toward the media and audience exposure patterns. Hypotheses predicting a relationship between media skepticism and news media consumption are tested on four large sample data sets. Findings show that media skepticism is negatively associated with mainstream news exposure but positively associated with nonmainstream news exposure.read more
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Trust in News Media Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Scale
Matthias Kohring,Jörg Matthes +1 more
TL;DR: This model is the first validated scale of trust in news media in communication research and confirms the hypothesis that trust inNews media can be considered a hierarchical factor that consists of four lower order factors, includingTrust in the selectivity of topics, trust in theSelectivity of facts, Trust in the accuracy of depictions, and trust in journalistic assessment.
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Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China
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The Impact of Trust in the News Media on Online News Consumption and Participation
Richard Fletcher,Sora Park +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the impact of individual trust in the news media on source preferences and online news participation behavior, in particular sharing and commenting, across 11 countries, and found that those with low levels of trust tend to prefer non-mainstream news sources like social media, blogs, and digital-born providers.
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