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Informed by the social media political participation model, this study explored cognitive mechanisms by which social media exposure to policy-related news affects willingness to express opinions on the issue. A […]
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Conservation communication tends to assume a knowledge gap between scientists and target audiences and focuses more on education rather than invitational forms of communication. Known as the knowledge deficit approach […]
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The scope of this study is to examine the relationship between message strategies and stakeholders’ responses on Facebook. Data on 20 non-governmental organizations’ Facebook pages was collected by simple random […]
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This study examines how 21 leading environmental organizations framed climate change on Facebook and how these frames were associated with public engagement through reactions (e.g., likes), shares, and comments on […]
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Historically, the Black press has primarily targeted the African American audience, yet the increased accessibility of these outlets via digital media raises the question of who comprises the Black press […]
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How the Engagement Journalism Movement Is Changing Political News Content: An Applied-Research Study
Our multi-methodological, multi-university team was hired to evaluate whether news outlets participating in substantive training in journalism engagement and solutions-oriented practices were also changing their content. Analyzing a large dataset […]
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In this paper, we explore the complex relationship between news use and intentional news avoidance. Based on a survey conducted ( N = 2,798) in the Netherlands and a latent […]
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Trust in public authorities can be crucial for a country to navigate through times of crisis. Such crises put news media into the spotlight as crucial information brokers between authorities […]
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The digital era has profoundly disrupted traditional local news outlets, leading to widespread closures, the formation of “news deserts,” and concerns about diminished civic engagement and democratic health. This paper […]
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Search engine audit studies—where researchers query a set of terms in one or more search engines and analyze the results—have long been instrumental in assessing the relative reliability of search […]
