Journal article
News media literacy, perceptions of bias, and interpretation of news
Journalism (London, England), Vol.21(2), pp.209-226
02/2020
DOI: 10.1177/1464884918805262
Abstract
Drawing on interviews with a diverse group of adults living in the United States, this study examines news media literacy and how perceptions of personal bias and news bias affect news choices and interpretation in general and evaluation of two news stories specifically. Findings suggest that while people recognize that their worldviews shape their news choices in the abstract and believe that news bias occurs for a variety of complex reasons, when faced with analyzing stories, they point to political partisanship connected to specific news outlets as the root of bias in news with most relying on source cues to make their assessments.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- News media literacy, perceptions of bias, and interpretation of news
- Creators
- Melissa Tully - The University of Iowa, USAEmily K Vraga - George Mason University, USAAnne-Bennett Smithson - George Mason University, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journalism (London, England), Vol.21(2), pp.209-226
- DOI
- 10.1177/1464884918805262
- ISSN
- 1464-8849
- eISSN
- 1741-3001
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2020
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984083898802771
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