Search Results - "Mass communication & society"

The End of Framing as we Know it ... and the Future of Media Effects by Cacciatore, Michael A., Scheufele, Dietram A., Iyengar, Shanto

“…Framing has become one of the most popular areas of research for scholars in communication and a wide variety of other disciplines, such as psychology,…”
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Priming and Fake News: The Effects of Elite Discourse on Evaluations of News Media by Van Duyn, Emily, Collier, Jessica

“…Fake news has become a prominent topic of public discussion, particularly among elites. Recent research has explored the prevalence of fake news during the…”
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Designing and Testing News Literacy Messages for Social Media by Tully, Melissa, Vraga, Emily K., Bode, Leticia

“…As concerns grow about the spread of misinformation through social media, scholars have called for improving the public's media literacy as a potential…”
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A Media Sociology for the Networked Public Sphere: The Hierarchy of Influences Model by Reese, Stephen D., Shoemaker, Pamela J.

“…We have promoted a hierarchy of influences model for understanding the complex factors shaping media-particularly news-content: from the individual to…”
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Political News in the News Feed: Learning Politics from Social Media by Bode, Leticia

“…Although literature about the relationship between social media and political behaviors has expanded in recent years, little is known about the roles of social…”
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The Role of Engagement in Learning From Active and Incidental News Exposure on Social Media by Oeldorf-Hirsch, Anne

“…The growing reliance on social media as news platforms may lead to more passive news consumption but also offers greater potential for engaging in news. This…”
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Managing Social Media Use in an "Always-On" Society: Exploring Digital Wellbeing Strategies That People Use to Disconnect by Nguyen, Minh Hao

“…As digital media have become an integral part of many people's everyday life, challenges also arise for people to cope with the constant connectivity and…”
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New Directions in Agenda-Setting Theory and Research by McCombs, Maxwell E., Shaw, Donald L., Weaver, David H.

“…As agenda-setting theory moves toward its 50th anniversary, its productivity in the past and at present augurs a highly promising future. In this essay, the…”
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The Influence of Presumed Fake News Influence: Examining Public Support for Corporate Corrective Response, Media Literacy Interventions, and Governmental Regulation by Cheng, Yang, Chen, Zifei Fay

“…In today's society with polarized opinions, fake news has significantly affected people's trust in online news. Informed by the third-person effect (TPE) and…”
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"Fake News Is Anything They Say!" - Conceptualization and Weaponization of Fake News among the American Public by Tong, Chau, Gill, Hyungjin, Li, Jianing, Valenzuela, Sebastián, Rojas, Hernando

“…This study examines the articulation of public opinion about so-called fake news using a national survey (N = 510) of U.S. adults conducted in 2018. We coded…”
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Protest Coverage Matters: How Media Framing and Visual Communication Affects Support for Black Civil Rights Protests by Brown, Danielle K., Mourão, Rachel R.

“…This study tests the impact of protest news frames on audience support for a civil rights movement. Using a 3 × 2 experimental design, we explored how frames…”
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Injecting Disinfectants to Kill the Virus: Media Literacy, Information Gathering Sources, and the Moderating Role of Political Ideology on Misperceptions about COVID-19 by Borah, Porismita, Austin, Erica, Su, Yan

“…Fake information about COVID-19 continues to circulate widely, including false causes and cures. The current study examined the (a) relationship between…”
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The Ineffectiveness of Fact-Checking Labels on News Memes and Articles by Oeldorf-Hirsch, Anne, Schmierbach, Mike, Appelman, Alyssa, Boyle, Michael P.

“…With most Internet users now getting news from social media, there is growing concern about how to verify the content that appears on these platforms. Two…”
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Podcasts and Productivity: A Qualitative Uses and Gratifications Study by Perks, Lisa Glebatis, Turner, Jacob S.

“…Through analysis of five focus groups with people who "usually (more often than not) listened to at least one podcast episode a week" in the last two months,…”
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When is Disinformation (In)Credible? Experimental Findings on Message Characteristics and Individual Differences by Schaewitz, Leonie, Kluck, Jan P., Klösters, Lukas, Krämer, Nicole C.

“…Disinformation on the Internet has become a major threat to our society. Especially false and inaccurate information in the form of news might have detrimental…”
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What's This? Incidental Exposure to News on Social Media, News-Finds-Me Perception, News Efficacy, and News Consumption by Park, Chang Sup, Kaye, Barbara K.

“…The prevalence of news on social media significantly increases opportunities for people to encounter news incidentally as a byproduct of their online…”
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Desert Work: Life and Labor in a News and Broadband Desert by Mathews, Nick, Ali, Christopher

“…This study offers a systematic qualitative investigation inside a news and broadband desert. Despite popular attention to the ramifications of limitations of…”
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Depictions of Gender on Primetime Television: A Quantitative Content Analysis by Sink, Alexander, Mastro, Dana

“…To document current portrayals of women and men on primetime television, a quantitative content analysis was conducted. A 1-week composite of primetime…”
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The Appeal of Media Populism: The Media Preferences of Citizens with Populist Attitudes by Hameleers, Michael, Bos, Linda, de Vreese, Claes H.

“…Although a growing body of literature points to the particular media diet of populist voters, we know too little about what specific media preferences…”
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Social Media News Use and Political Cynicism: Differential Pathways Through "News Finds Me" Perception by Song, Hyunjin, Gil de Zúñiga, Homero, Boomgaarden, Hajo G.

“…As citizens inadvertently "encounter" news and political information through digital media and social networking sites, they might perceive themselves to be…”
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