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Afforded by the unprecedented interactivity of social media, social media influencers (SMI) can build strong and trusting relationships with their followers. Such connections carry great potential and may be a […]
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Politicians from both major political parties in the United States have been raising concerns about the rise of TikTok, a popular social media platform founded by Chinese entrepreneurs, with some […]
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Critics accuse the Sinclair television ownership group of slashing resources and producing biased news. However, few scholars have examined Sinclair’s news quality. Using an investment-based approach to quality, this study […]
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This study explores strategies geo-ethnic journalists use to build trust within ethnic minority communities, addressing two gaps in existing literature. First, while much research discusses ethnic media functions, it often […]
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Community Radio (CR) acts as a critical platform for fostering participation and cultural identity, especially in marginalized and rural contexts. The article proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing rural communication […]
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While trust in the news media has eroded globally, this shift is particularly noticeable in the United States. This lack of trust has been attributed to perceptions that the news […]
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Can online conversations with a marginalized outgroup member improve majority group members’ attitudes about that outgroup? While the intergroup contact literature provides insights about the effects of extended interactions between […]
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Digitally created online celebrities (so-called virtual influencers) have appeared on various social media and video streaming platforms. While the scientific community has recently started to take an interest in this […]
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Sharing positive messages on social media can produce positive outcomes for message senders due to self-effects—the effect of sending messages on message senders themselves. In this domain, one question is […]
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The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical framework for studying digital resignation, the condition produced when people desire to control the information digital entities have about them […]
