How News Coverage of Misinformation Shapes Perceptions and Trust

Author:   Emily Thorson (Syracuse University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009488846


Pages:   82
Publication Date:   20 June 2024
Format:   Hardback
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How News Coverage of Misinformation Shapes Perceptions and Trust


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This Element takes on two related questions: How do the media cover the issue of misinformation, and how does exposure to this coverage affect public perceptions, including trust? A content analysis shows that most media coverage explicitly blames social media for the problem, and two experiments find that while exposure to news coverage of misinformation makes people less trusting of news on social media, it increases trust in print news. This counterintuitive effect occurs because exposure to news about misinformation increases the perceived value of traditional journalistic norms. Finally, exposure to misinformation coverage has no measurable effect on political trust or internal efficacy, and political interest is a strong predictor of interest in news coverage of misinformation across partisan lines. These results suggest that many Americans see legacy media as a bulwark against changes that threaten to distort the information environment.

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Author:   Emily Thorson (Syracuse University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9781009488846


ISBN 10:   1009488848
Pages:   82
Publication Date:   20 June 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Media attention to the misinformation phenomenon; 3. Potential effects of news coverage of misinformation; 4. Study 1: how misinformation coverage shapes perceptions and trust; 5. Study 2: misinformation coverage and media trust; 6. Study 3: why does misinformation coverage increase media trust?; 7. Conclusion; References.

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