Re-assessing the Dynamics of News Use and Trust: A Multi-Outlet Perspective

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1177/00936502241273263

Tali Aharoni, Christian Baden, Maximilian Overbeck, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt

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Abstract

Communication research has long explored the association between media trust and news consumption. However, the strength and direction of this relationship have remained elusive. This study suggests a new approach for investigating these complex relations, differentiating between usage and trust associated with different sources over time. Focusing on the 2022 French election and drawing on data from a four-wave panel survey (N = 1,294), we utilized Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) analysis to uncover two key over time effects: a selection effect, wherein trust reinforces usage; and a media effect, wherein usage influences trust. While a selection effect driven by news trust was observed in a right-wing political alternative channel, a media effect leading to news trust was linked with more traditional television channels. By identifying these effects and their associations with various types of outlets, this study advances the ongoing scholarly debate around the role of trust in news consumption.

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重新评估新闻使用和信任的动态：多渠道视角

长期以来，传播研究一直在探索媒体信任与新闻消费之间的关系。然而，这种关系的强度和方向仍然难以捉摸。本研究提出了一种新的方法来研究这些复杂的关系，即区分不同时间段内与不同来源相关的使用率和信任度。我们以 2022 年法国大选为重点，利用四波面板调查（N = 1,294）的数据，利用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPM）分析，发现了两个关键的随时间变化的效应：一个是选择效应，即信任加强使用；另一个是媒体效应，即使用影响信任。在右翼政治替代频道中观察到了由新闻信任驱动的选择效应，而导致新闻信任的媒体效应则与更传统的电视频道有关。通过确定这些效应及其与各类媒体的关联，本研究推动了学术界围绕信任在新闻消费中的作用所展开的讨论。

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Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： Empirical research in communication began in the 20th century, and there are more researchers pursuing answers to communication questions today than at any other time. The editorial goal of Communication Research is to offer a special opportunity for reflection and change in the new millennium. To qualify for publication, research should, first, be explicitly tied to some form of communication; second, be theoretically driven with results that inform theory; third, use the most rigorous empirical methods; and fourth, be directly linked to the most important problems and issues facing humankind. Critieria do not privilege any particular context; indeed, we believe that the key problems facing humankind occur in close relationships, groups, organiations, and cultures.