TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Editorial Media Bias Perception and Media Trust on the Use of Traditional, Citizen, and Social Media News
AU - Ardèvol-Abreu, Alberto
AU - Gil De Zúñiga, Homero
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Citizens' levels of mistrust toward the media, as well as their perception of media bias, have increased in past years in most Western democracies. This study explores how these negative observations on journalism may influence their use of traditional, citizen, and social media for news. Drawing on two-wave U.S. panel data, results suggest that media trust and perceived bias relate to media consumption differently. Trust in social and citizen media positively predicts use of news via social media, but has no effect on traditional or citizen news use. By contrast, perceived media bias is associated with decreased news use overall.
AB - Citizens' levels of mistrust toward the media, as well as their perception of media bias, have increased in past years in most Western democracies. This study explores how these negative observations on journalism may influence their use of traditional, citizen, and social media for news. Drawing on two-wave U.S. panel data, results suggest that media trust and perceived bias relate to media consumption differently. Trust in social and citizen media positively predicts use of news via social media, but has no effect on traditional or citizen news use. By contrast, perceived media bias is associated with decreased news use overall.
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U2 - 10.1177/1077699016654684
DO - 10.1177/1077699016654684
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028708711
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 94
SP - 703
EP - 724
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -