‘Listen to your gut’

Peck, Reece

doi:10.4324/9781003004431-18

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“…These style distinctions mean that when audiences consume news from both MSNBC and Fox News, some are likely to determine which network to trust not on the accuracy of the information that it presents, but on the extent to which the way that information is presented aligns with how they see the world as well as how they view themselves (Peck, 2021). This connection is consistent with another one, between the ways in which people approach news and their broader perceptions of the news media environment.…”

Section: Partisan Selective Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Only “sheep” trust journalists? How citizens’ self-perceptions shape their approach to news

Nelson

Lewis

2021

New Media & Society

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The all-consuming nature of coronavirus news coverage has made the COVID-19 pandemic a unique opportunity to explore the relationship between audience trust in and engagement with news. This study examines that relationship through 60 Zoom-based qualitative interviews conducted with a diverse sample of US adults during the early phase of the pandemic. We find that how people approach the news stems not only from how they perceive the trustworthiness of individual news outlets, but also from their own self-perceptions. News consumers believe journalism generally suffers from issues of bias, but that they are savvy and independent-minded enough to see through those biases to find the truth. Putting the concept of partisan selective exposure into conversation with folk theories of news consumption, we conclude that people’s approach to and trust in news is as dependent on what they bring to the news as it is on what news brings to them.

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Section: Partisan Selective Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%