As agenda-setting theory moves toward its 50th anniversary, its productivity in the past and
at present augurs a highly promising future. In this essay, the original theorists trace the …

Despite the prevalence of fact-checking, little is known about who posts fact-checks online.
Based upon a content analysis of Facebook and Twitter digital trace data and a linked online …

Democratic election campaigns require informed citizens. Yet, while the Internet allows for
broader information through greater media choices, algorithmic filters, such as search …

To identify gaps in research related to communicating with farmers about conservation, we
conducted a systematic review of 49 articles based in the United States about conservation …

This study explores the ability of an interaction between need for orientation (NFO) and
selective exposure to explain citizen's motivations to seek information from specific media …

This study investigates the effects of consumers' media exposure and attention to corporate
sustainability communication on their environmental protection behavior intentions and …

This study examined the newsjunkie characteristic—intrinsic need for orientation (INFO)—as
a predictor of being registered to vote, intention to vote, and voter conscientiousness among …

The present study explores the relationship between the need for orientation (NFO) and
knowledge/misperception about COVID-19 using a two-wave panel survey of US adults …

This article “strengthens the core” of uses and gratifications theory by offering reliance,
credibility, and interactivity as measures of social media use. Although reliance is …

Search engines are increasingly used by citizens to seek out political information. Both the
high frequency of use and the high credibility attributed to them by their users emphasize the …