Thinking about the media: A review of theory and research on media perceptions, media effects perceptions, and their consequences

DM McLeod, D Wise, M Perryman - Review of Communication Research, 2017 - ssoar.info
This review explicates the past, present and future of theory and research concerning
audience perceptions of the media as well as the effects that perceptions of media have on …

Synthesizing a working definition of “mass” media

WJPWJ Potter - Review of Communication Research, 2013 - rcommunicationr.org
Media scholars as well as the public frequently use the terms “mass communication” and
“mass media”, but the meaning of these terms is often ambiguous. While it is assumed that …

Popularity cues in online media: Theoretical and methodological perspectives

P Porten-Cheé, J Haßler, P Jost… - SCM Studies in …, 2018 - nomos-elibrary.de
Popularitätshinweise wie Likes und Shares signalisieren grundsätzlich positive
Nutzerreaktionen. Im Kontext politischer Kommunikation sind sie in ihrer aggregierten Form …

Will consumers silence themselves when brands speak up about sociopolitical issues? Applying the spiral of silence theory to consumer boycott and buycott …

C Hong, C Li - Journal of nonprofit & public sector marketing, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
To investigate boycott and buycott as responses to brand activism, this study adopted a 2
(consumer personal stance: consistent vs. inconsistent with the target company)× 2 …

Scandal 2.0: How valenced reader comments affect recipients' perception of scandalized individuals and the journalistic quality of online news

C Von Sikorski, M Hänelt - Journalism & Mass …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research shows that one-sided and uncivil reader comments posted below
professionally edited online news articles may affect a recipient's perception of the specific …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling images of immigrants in the mainstream and Black press: The discursive power of the “illegal Latino”

ND Deckard, I Browne, C Rodriguez… - Latino …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this paper, we investigate controlling images of Latinx immigrants in the US press. Our
paper expands theory within this literature in two new directions. First, we look at the …

Perceiving online public opinion: The impact of Facebook opinion cues, opinion climate congruency, and source credibility on speaking out

AD Leong, SS Ho - New Media & Society, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The novel affordances and unique features on social media have transformed the way
people assess public opinion. Drawing on the spiral of silence (SOS) theory, this study …

Ordinary citizens in the news: A conceptual framework

C Peter, T Zerback - Journalism Studies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past few decades, scholars have observed an increase in ordinary citizens as
actors in everyday news coverage, mostly at the cost of elite actors. While this has been …

How a paracrisis situation is instigated by an online firestorm and visual mockery: Testing a paracrisis development model

JS Lim - Computers in Human Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
On the framework of cognitive appraisal theory, the current research proposes a paracrisis
development model that illustrates how the cognitive appraisal of social norms and visual …

Effects of online user comments on public opinion perception, personal opinion, and willingness to speak out: A cross-cultural comparison between Germany and …

C Eilders, P Porten-Cheé - Journal of Information Technology & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a cross-cultural comparison in the field of spiral of silence online. We
investigated the effects of user comments on public opinion perception and users' opinions …