Understanding the Public’s Animosity Toward News Media: Cynicism and Distrust as Related but Distinct Negative Media Perceptions
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2021
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This study proposes that media distrust and cynicism are two related but distinct perceptions that indicate qualitatively different ways in which audiences relate to news media. To substantiate this, we developed a new instrument to measure media cynicism. Factor analyses showed that the indicators of media distrust and cynicism are not influenced by the same underlying dimension. Structural equation modeling indicated that while distrust appears to be predominately caused by perceived media responsiveness, media cynicism may be susceptible to a wider range of factors.
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media cynicism / media distrust / media perceptions / audience-media relationshipsSource:
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2021, 1-27Publisher:
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IFDTTY - JOUR AU - Markov, Čedomir AU - Min, Young PY - 2021 UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2508 AB - This study proposes that media distrust and cynicism are two related but distinct perceptions that indicate qualitatively different ways in which audiences relate to news media. To substantiate this, we developed a new instrument to measure media cynicism. Factor analyses showed that the indicators of media distrust and cynicism are not influenced by the same underlying dimension. Structural equation modeling indicated that while distrust appears to be predominately caused by perceived media responsiveness, media cynicism may be susceptible to a wider range of factors. PB - Thousand Oaks : SAGE T2 - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly T1 - Understanding the Public’s Animosity Toward News Media: Cynicism and Distrust as Related but Distinct Negative Media Perceptions SP - 1 EP - 27 DO - 10.1177/10776990211061764 ER -
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Markov, Č.,& Min, Y.. (2021). Understanding the Public’s Animosity Toward News Media: Cynicism and Distrust as Related but Distinct Negative Media Perceptions. in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Thousand Oaks : SAGE., 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211061764
Markov Č, Min Y. Understanding the Public’s Animosity Toward News Media: Cynicism and Distrust as Related but Distinct Negative Media Perceptions. in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 2021;:1-27. doi:10.1177/10776990211061764 .
Markov, Čedomir, Min, Young, "Understanding the Public’s Animosity Toward News Media: Cynicism and Distrust as Related but Distinct Negative Media Perceptions" in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (2021):1-27, https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211061764 . .
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