Research on trust in media is on the rise. However, communication scholars have
addressed related concepts (eg media credibility) for decades, and these concepts have …

This article reviews the state of research on citizen journalism over the past decade. The key
areas covered include the ways traditional journalism has responded to this phenomenon …

Since the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, an intense debate has
developed around the connection between social media and populist movements. In this …

Conspiracy theories flourish in the wide-open media of the digital age, spurring concerns
about the role of misinformation in influencing public opinion and election outcomes. This …

An experiment (N= 272) demonstrated that disagreement—either civil or uncivil—may have
a chilling effect on the public discourse vital to a deliberative democracy. Both forms of …

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 …

High-quality news is important, not only for its own sake but also for its political implications.
However, defining, operationalizing, and measuring news media quality is difficult, because …

This study extends the nudge principle with media effects and credibility evaluation
perspectives to examine whether the effectiveness of fact-check alerts to deter news sharing …

The prevalence of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 in the wide-open social media
environment has raised considerable concerns about the adverse effects of believing such …

In many countries, studies show declining levels of trust in news media at large. However,
there still is no valid and accepted measure of generalized trust in news media. To establish …