TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Trust in the News Media on Online News Consumption and Participation
AU - Fletcher, Richard
AU - Park, Sora
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 was supported by Google, BBC, Ofcom, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BIA), France T?l?visions, L?Espresso Group Italy, the Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland, Edelman UK, as well as by academic sponsors and partners at Roskilde University, the Hans Bredow Institute, the University of Navarra, the Tow Center at Columbia University?s Graduate School of Journalism, and the University of Canberra. The authors would like to thank all those who worked on the 2015 Reuters Institute Digital News Report project for their input.
Funding Information:
The authors disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 was supported by Google, BBC, Ofcom, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BIA), France Télévisions, L’Espresso Group Italy, the Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland, Edelman UK, as well as by academic sponsors and partners at Roskilde University, the Hans Bredow Institute, the University of Navarra, the Tow Center at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the University of Canberra.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding Information:
The authors disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 was supported by Google, BBC, Ofcom, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BIA), France Télévisions, L’Espresso Group Italy, the Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland, Edelman UK, as well as by academic sponsors and partners at Roskilde University, the Hans Bredow Institute, the University of Navarra, the Tow Center at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the University of Canberra.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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 emergence of new tools and services that act as intermediaries and enable interactivity around the news, may have changed this relationship. Using Reuters Institute Digital News Report survey data (N = 21,524), this study explores the impact of individual trust in the news media on source preferences and online news participation behaviour, in particular sharing and commenting, across 11 countries. The results show that those with low levels of trust tend to prefer non-mainstream news sources like social media, blogs, and digital-born providers, and are more likely to engage in various forms of online news participation. These associations tend to be strongest in northern European countries, but are weaker elsewhere. Seeking alternative views and attempting to validate the credibility of news may be among the motivations behind these associations.
AB - 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 emergence of new tools and services that act as intermediaries and enable interactivity around the news, may have changed this relationship. Using Reuters Institute Digital News Report survey data (N = 21,524), this study explores the impact of individual trust in the news media on source preferences and online news participation behaviour, in particular sharing and commenting, across 11 countries. The results show that those with low levels of trust tend to prefer non-mainstream news sources like social media, blogs, and digital-born providers, and are more likely to engage in various forms of online news participation. These associations tend to be strongest in northern European countries, but are weaker elsewhere. Seeking alternative views and attempting to validate the credibility of news may be among the motivations behind these associations.
KW - commenting
KW - comparative research
KW - intermediaries
KW - online news
KW - participation
KW - sharing
KW - social media
KW - trust
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011585229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/impact-trust-news-media-online-news-consumption-participation
U2 - 10.1080/21670811.2017.1279979
DO - 10.1080/21670811.2017.1279979
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011585229
VL - 5
SP - 1281
EP - 1299
JO - Digital Journalism
JF - Digital Journalism
SN - 2167-082X
IS - 10
ER -