Innovations in communication technology have changed the way news is produced and
consumed. Various digital platforms, ranging from news websites to social media sites to …

Trust has long been considered an important factor that influences people's relationship with
news. However, the increase in the volume of information available online, together with the …

Introduction to Positive Media Psychology summarizes and synthesizes the key concepts,
theories, and empirical findings on the positive emotional, cognitive, and behavioral effects …

People increasingly visit online news sites not directly, but by following links on social
network sites. Drawing on news value theory and integrating theories about online identities …

Partisan incivility is prevalent in news comments, but we have limited insight into how
journalists and news users engage with it. Gatekeeping, cognitive bias, and social identity …

Theories of media effects have long established a link between media consumption and fear
of crime. To date, prior investigations have almost exclusively focused on traditional types of …

We investigate the effects of sentiment and issue salience on emotionally labeled responses
to posts from political actors on Facebook (ie, Reactions). We use an automated content …

Die Verfügbarkeit von mobilem Breitbandinternet versetzt mittlerweile wachsende
Bevölkerungsanteile–in einigen Segmenten wie den hochgebildeten und …

The study introduces a model of crisis information sharing based on Twitter discussions of
the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. Grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model …

This study investigates when and why news website visitors write civil or uncivil comments in
response to news articles or related user comments. In an experiment, we manipulated the …