In the battle against misinformation, do negative spillover effects of communicative efforts
intended to protect audiences from inaccurate information exist? Given the relatively limited …

Scholarly literature has demonstrated that hybridity transforms both legacy and new media,
but that this change is not even. We treat social media platforms as arenas of remediation …

Platformization has been used to describe how platforms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter,
WhatsApp and TikTok have become increasingly important for how people communicate …

Impartial news, or news without a partisan slant or overt point-of-view, is overwhelmingly
preferred by news audiences worldwide, yet what such preferences mean remains poorly …

This study explores shifts in political trust during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in
Switzerland, examining the role that media consumption and threat perceptions played in …

Generative AI like ChatGPT has been diagnosed to fundamentally impact different realms of
life. This includes science communication, where GenAI tools are becoming important …

Scholarship has increasingly sought solutions for reversing broad declines in levels of trust
in news in many countries. Some have advocated for news organizations to adopt strategies …

Comparing Political Communication: A 2020 Update Page 1 1 Comparing Political
Communication: A 2020 Update Frank Esser (University of Zurich) and Barbara Pfetsch (Freie …

Democratic societies inherently depend on an informed citizenry. By shaping citizens' voting
behavior, fostering political cynicism, and reducing trust in institutions, misinformation can …

In this introduction, we draw together the articles in the special issue on the platformization
of news, highlighting that the articles contribute by answering two central questions. First …