Credibility Perceptions of Online Political News Among Bangladeshi Millennials Residing in the Capital

Abstract

With the expansion of political technology, newsrooms are now escaping borders by introducing cloud-based news broadcasting platforms right to people's fingertips, and concerns regarding the legitimacy of these internet political news sources are simultaneously emerging. Since the millennials had the opportunity to get the essence of both the mainstream and the digital media outlets, the primary objective of this study is to investigate and examine the perceptions of Bangladeshi millennials regarding the credibility of digital political news coverage and the content they convey. A structured questionnaire survey been used for this study as primary data sources. The study found that, although the mainstream dynamic political news media outlets have wider-spread popularity, the millennials of Bangladesh find that the newly emerged online mediums are more credible for receiving political news.