1. Cynics and Skeptics: Evaluating the Credibility of Mainstream and Citizen Journalism.
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Carr, D. Jasun, Barnidge, Matthew, Byung Gu Lee, and Tsang, Stephanie Jean
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CITIZEN journalism , *REPORTERS & reporting , *NEWS audiences , *CITIZEN journalists , *TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood , *SKEPTICISM , *CYNICISM , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) - Abstract
With the increase in citizen-generated news, the need to understand how individual predispositions interact with news sources to influence perceptions of news credibility becomes increasingly important. Using a web-based experiment, this study examines the influences individual predispositions toward the media and politics have on perceived credibility of mainstream and citizen journalism. Analyzing data drawn from a representative sample of the U.S. adult population, results indicate that media skepticism and political cynicism interact, such that cynics and skeptics perceive citizen journalism as more credible, while non-cynics and non-skeptics think mainstream journalism is more credible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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