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Followers of social media influencers often see them as credible experts, similar to themselves, and trust them for information and advice. However, the extent to which people trust influencers for […]
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Social media has become increasingly important in today’s political information environments, especially for younger generations. More and more social media influencers are turning to political topics. Such political social media […]
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Access to and control over the classification process is a key component of executive power in the United States. This power is rooted in the public’s trust that the White […]
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Digital social interactions differ in many ways from face-to-face interactions. This study examines four preregistered hypotheses on the within-person interplay between interaction mode (i.e., digital vs. face-to-face interactions), interaction quality, […]
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In an era of declining American media trust, it is crucial to examine methods for increasing trust and encouraging holistic information seeking. Accordingly, we extend scholarship assessing outcomes of journalistic […]
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The “Al-Jazeera Effect” posits that Al-Jazeera has reshaped global news flows while challenging the hegemony of Western news outlets. However, few studies to date have measured this “Effect” or offered […]
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This paper studies two series of critical incidents involving news content producers who have been described as conspiracy theorists and who, in various ways, seek to seize some professional attributes […]
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Social media and mediators have influenced social movements worldwide in recent years, forming networks of connected and concerned public. Likewise, the Facebook-based Quota Reform Movement of 2024 in Bangladesh escalated […]
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Social media platforms have been using warning labels to alert users of misinformation. Although research has shown that flagging can be effective in reducing the perceived credibility of false information, […]
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Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains […]
