Investigating the relationship between knowledge of the media industry and media trust in a government-owned and government-controlled media system

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI:10.1177/20570473241269064

Huu Dat Tran, Pham Phuong Uyen Diep

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Abstract

We examined the influence of news media literacy, focusing on knowledge of the media industry, on media trust in Vietnam—a distinctive media environment subject to governmental control and ownership. Results from 307 survey responses ( N = 307) indicated that knowledge of media categorizations negatively predicted multiple dimensions of media trust. In addition, online newspapers, the only media category that can legally produce “hard” news in Vietnam, acquired the highest public trust among media categories. Theoretically, we contributed to the literature on news media literacy in the era of globally declining media trust, specifically yielding insights into news media literacy and media trust in a non-Western setting with a unique media system controlled and owned by its government. Practically, our results suggested that Vietnam needs widespread media literacy education and enhancement programs to foster citizens’ media literacy, particularly knowledge of the media industry. News media organizations and journalists, on the contrary, may employ various strategies to build trust among their audience, including being transparent about their categorization and governing body, harnessing social media platforms, and devising sections to promote media literacy in the media. We argue that our approach and findings can be applied to study the media in authoritarian contexts or countries where the media are strictly governed. Implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research were further discussed.

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调查在政府所有和政府控制的媒体系统中媒体行业知识与媒体信任之间的关系

我们研究了新闻媒体素养对越南媒体信任度的影响，重点是对媒体行业的了解--越南的媒体环境与众不同，受到政府的控制和拥有。307 份调查问卷（N = 307）的结果表明，媒体分类知识对媒体信任的多个维度具有负面预测作用。此外，网络报纸作为越南唯一可以合法制作 "硬 "新闻的媒体类别，在各类媒体中获得了最高的公众信任度。从理论上讲，在全球媒体信任度下降的时代，我们对新闻媒体素养方面的文献做出了贡献，特别是对一个非西方国家的新闻媒体素养和媒体信任度提出了见解，该国家拥有一个由政府控制和拥有的独特媒体系统。实际上，我们的研究结果表明，越南需要广泛开展媒体素养教育和提高计划，以培养公民的媒体素养，尤其是对媒体行业的了解。相反，新闻媒体组织和记者可以采取各种策略在受众中建立信任，包括对其分类和管理机构保持透明、利用社交媒体平台、设计促进媒体媒介素养的栏目等。我们认为，我们的方法和研究结果可用于研究专制背景下或媒体受到严格管理的国家的媒体。我们还进一步讨论了未来研究的意义、局限性和建议。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.