Do They Care? An Experiment Exploring Millennials' Perception of Source Credibility in Radio Broadcast News

Fisher, Howard; Magee, Sara; Mohammed-Baksh, Sufyan

doi:10.1080/19376529.2015.1083154

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“…Reconhece-se o desinteresse dos jovens pelas notícias (Aharoni et al, 2021;Antunovic et al, 2018), o que se traduz no aumento do número dos que evitam ativamente notícias (Ksiazek et al, 2010;Newman et al, 2017Newman et al, , 2019. A sua forma de aceder às notícias não só é diferente em comparação com as gerações mais velhas (Newman et al, 2019(Newman et al, , 2020, como também não têm, geralmente, a tendência de ter em atenção as fontes de informação para avaliar a credibilidade das notícias (Fisher et al, 2015). Além disso, os conteúdos humorísticos e satíricos parecem sobrepor-se às notícias tradicionais no que diz respeito aos seus interesses (Becker & Bode, 2018;S.…”

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The relationship between the belief in fake news and the strategies to seek information from young Portuguese people

Baptista¹,

Gradim²,

Correia³

2022

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The spread of fake news continues to have serious social and political consequences for society. Young people are the group most exposed to this reality, due to the way they are constantly connected to the digital universe. Our goal is to analyze the ability of high school students to evaluate fake news and news, relating it to their behavior on social media and their ability to search for information. We applied a questionnaire to 716 students (Mage = 16.63, SD = 1.18), in which they were exposed to 10 headlines (5 news and 5 fake news). Subsequently, students indicated how often they accessed certain sources and what strategies they used to search for information for school research. In addition, they also revealed how often they opt for certain behaviors on social media. The results revealed that young people considered, on average, news more credible than fake news. The belief in fake news revealed significant differences in relation to the sex and region of the respondents. While the credibility of the news tends to be positively correlated with a more rigorous treatment of information, the belief in fake news is, on the other hand, more associated with less careful treatment of information and the use of social media as a news source. These results also confirm the widespread lack of interest in news by young people. Most students tend to avoid news, with 27% doing so frequently. This study highlights the importance of digital literacy and civic participation in young people in the construction of future societies.

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The relationship between the belief in fake news and the strategies to seek information from young Portuguese people

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2022

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“…In our research we draw attention to television news content, as this media space has traditionally been considered the most credible (Golan 2010;Johnson and Kaye 2004), and is still the main source of information in Spain, despite the growing importance of digital media and social networks (APM 2017;Fernández-Planells 2015). Furthermore, we split the focus groups into young people and middle aged people in order to expose differences between their interpretations, given that previous research points to a possible generation gap in the way in which young people and middle aged people make sense of news content (Fisher et al 2015;Holt et al 2013;Livingstone 2013). Additionally, the role played by the theories of Intersectionality and Otherness within the process of identity creation is brought into the discussion (Hills and Kennedy 2009;Lünenborg and Fürsich 2014;Patil and Purkayastha 2015).…”

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Nationality and gender stereotypes in the San Fermín festival: Cross-sectional age differences in the interpretation of TV news

Roca-Cuberes

Ventura

Puertas

2018

Catalan Journal of Communication &Amp; Cultural Studies

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The media employ a shared cultural knowledge between sender and receiver to build media representations effectively. These representations, apparently innocuous, shape the audience's perception and appraisal of the Other, which is constructed as an opposition to the Self. In our research we draw attention to a Spanish television news story that describes the increase of foreign participants at the San Fermín running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain and also highlights the still minority participation by women. Through data from focus group discussions, we investigate age differences in the interpretation of gender and nationality stereotypes to examine how the media construction of this news story generates an intersectional othering. In our investigation, this othering process places women and foreigners outside the norm of this social identity built around the running of the bulls. Our research also identifies a significant generation gap in audience interpretation of the news story.

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“…Teenagers engage in access to news through their physical and virtual social networks (Marchi, 2012). Moreover, the same age group does not hold source credibility in the same esteem as previous generations (Fisher, Magee, & Mohammed-Baksh, 2015). While digital natives have shifted their perceptions on information consumption, instruction has lagged behind.…”

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Preparing For College: The Effects Of High School Speech Experience On Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Communication Apprehension, And College Preparedness

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APPENDIX: SURVEY INSTRUMENT course currently exists, the return to the best practices of the teaching oral communication by qualified instructors may help students become more prepared for their collegiate experience. The goal of the current study is to justify communication skills instruction at the K-12 level. Specifically, this study will explore the effect of having course work or extra-curricular experience in developing communication skills on critical thinking, information literacy, identifying fake news, communication apprehension, ability to prepare a speech, and an individual's level of grit. As the development and cultivation of these skills are essential to success in college and beyond, their investigation is essential to further justify the teaching of an oral communication class at the high school level. Following a review of the relevant literature and an explanation of the methods, results of the study, a discussion of the results, and implications of the study will be discussed. The effects of communication instruction on other variables has been studied and documented at the collegiate level. However, several problems emerge if students only receive communication instruction after high school. Initially, high school instructors are able to have more contact time with students as classes meet every day. Additionally, students can see larger gains if they receive a similar intervention more than once throughout their academic career. Most problematically is that while enrollment numbers have increased at colleges and universities, there are still students that do not take course work beyond high school. An entire segment of the population will be denied access to skills with documented benefits. The current study examines the impact of K-12 communication experiences on several factors. Critical thinking, information literacy, and identification of fake news are all important elements for the development of learners and within a communication course the research process that goes into a speech encourages the development of those skills. A high school, or college-level, basic communication course has tangible outcomes such as reduced communication apprehension and the enhanced ability to prepare a speech. Finally, because the process of a student confronting their fear can be transformational, their level of grit may be impacted through taking a communication course. Communication Instruction Approaches by State Communication instruction in high schools has evolved differently across the United States. Hall et al. (1999) highlighted the discrepancies in the requirement of communication instruction by surveying state boards of education across the United States. They found that different models for including communication instruction ranged from a stand-alone, required semester course to incorporating communication skills into English Language Arts classrooms. In a new era of the Common Core State Standards, little has changed as Streiff et al. (2012) found that most states do not even offer teacher...

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Do They Care? An Experiment Exploring Millennials' Perception of Source Credibility in Radio Broadcast News

Cited by 4 publications

References 36 publications

The relationship between the belief in fake news and the strategies to seek information from young Portuguese people

The relationship between the belief in fake news and the strategies to seek information from young Portuguese people

Nationality and gender stereotypes in the San Fermín festival: Cross-sectional age differences in the interpretation of TV news

Preparing For College: The Effects Of High School Speech Experience On Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Communication Apprehension, And College Preparedness

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