News media trust and news consumption: Factors related to trust in news in 35 countries

A Kalogeropoulos, J Suiter, L Udris… - International journal of …, 2019 - ijoc.org
The changes in how people consume news and the emergence of digital and distributed
news sources call for a reexamination of the relationship between news use and trust in …

Individual and contextual correlates of trust in media across 44 countries

Y Tsfati, G Ariely - Communication research, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Media research demonstrates that audience trust in the news media is a highly
consequential factor, shaping audience selection of and response to media, and potentially …

[图书][B] Electoral politics in Africa since 1990: Continuity in change

J Bleck, N Van de Walle - 2019 - books.google.com
Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African
politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential …

Trust in the age of social media: Populist politicians seem more authentic

G Enli, LT Rosenberg - Social media+ society, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The current debate about declining media trust is related not only to the disruptive changes
in the media but also to the general decline of trust in institutions and politicians. This article …

Misinformation about COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

UL Osuagwu, CA Miner, D Bhattarai, KP Mashige… - Health …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Misinformation about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a significant threat to global
public health because it can inadvertently exacerbate public health challenges by promoting …

Information dissemination, competitive pressure, and politician performance between elections: A field experiment in Uganda

G Grossman, K Michelitch - American Political Science Review, 2018 - cambridge.org
Politicians shirk when their performance is obscure to constituents. We theorize that when
politician performance information is disseminated early in the electoral term, politicians will …

Making sense of the news in an authoritarian regime: Russian television viewers' reception of the Russia–Ukraine conflict

M Alyukov - Europe-Asia Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Scholars report contradictory findings regarding whether citizens trust media in autocracies.
Relying on focus group methodology, this study uses Russian television viewers' reception …

Comparative approaches to mis/disinformation| motivations for sharing misinformation: A comparative study in six Sub-Saharan African countries

D Madrid-Morales, H Wasserman, G Gondwe… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ijoc.org
In most African countries,“fake news,” politically motivated disinformation, and
misinformation in the media were common occurrences before these became a …

Auntie knows best? Public broadcasters and current affairs knowledge

S Soroka, B Andrew, T Aalberg, S Iyengar… - British Journal of …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are a central part of national news media landscapes,
and are often regarded as specialists in the provision of hard news. But does exposure to …

Constructive skepticism, dysfunctional cynicism? Skepticism and cynicism differently determine generalized media trust

O Quiring, M Ziegele, C Schemer, N Jackob… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ijoc.org
Although there is a growing body of research on trust in the media, it is still unclear whether
any kind of critical attitude toward the media is harmful to democratic societies. Building on …