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While conspiracy theories are prominent on social media, they also increase audience engagement. It is thus unclear how many creators “believe” the theories they espouse, especially when they are outrageous […]
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This study explores the associations between the media, media-related political variables, and conspiracy thinking, utilizing representative data from 2,340 Czech adults. Trust in journalists is a pivotal media factor related […]
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This study investigates if and how the presence of dogs in politicians’ social media messaging is related to evaluations of those politicians. Two studies – a survey and an experiment […]
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Nowadays, newsletters play a crucial role in digital media. This study aims to investigate the content curation strategies utilized in The New York Times newsletters, assessing curation techniques, sources, the […]
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The importance of a small-town news outlet maintaining a physical presence in the locality it serves has long been a taken-for-granted assumption. This has been challenged in a digital era, […]
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The perceived credibility of misinformation significantly enhances the public’s willingness to re-disseminate the misinformation, leading to severe social and economic consequences. Although previous studies have extensively analyzed how the source […]
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This study systematically analyzes and compares verification strategies employed by fact-checking organizations across various contexts. Utilizing a dataset of 3,154 verification articles from 23 organizations in eight countries across Europe […]
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This session delves into how false or misleading narratives about climate change spread across social media platforms, their tangible impacts on society, and the critical harm they can cause in […]
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Despite the increasing reliance on online media for news consumption, people generally exhibit lower levels of trust in online news relative to traditional media. To explain the preference disparities in […]
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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 […]
