Entering an Information Era of Parallel Truths? A Qualitative Analysis of Legitimizing and De-legitimizing Truth Claims in Established Versus Alternative Media Outlets

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI:10.1177/00936502231189685

M. Hameleers, Nilou Yekta

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Abstract

In today’s digital media ecology, alternative narratives and conspiracies spread rapidly, and may undermine the legitimacy of journalism and reinforce polarized divides in society. In this setting, constructions of truth may greatly vary across established and alternative media. In this paper, we use a comparative qualitative content analysis in the US and the Netherlands to offer in-depth insights into how factual claims are legitimized and delegitimized by alternative versus mainstream media outlets. We put the assumption of post-factual relativism and alternative truths to an empirical test: To what extent and how do alternative versus established media construct irreconcilable versions of reality? When political disagreement is no longer founded on a shared reality, representative democracy may be severely damaged and vulnerable to undermining discourses of untruthfulness.

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进入平行真理的信息时代？定性分析既有媒体与另类媒体的合法化与非合法化真相诉求

在当今的数字媒体生态中，另类叙事和阴谋迅速蔓延，可能会破坏新闻业的合法性，并加剧社会中两极分化的分歧。在这种背景下，真理的构建可能会因既定媒体和另类媒体而大不相同。在本文中，我们使用美国和荷兰的比较定性内容分析，深入了解另类媒体和主流媒体是如何使事实主张合法化和非合法化的。我们对后事实相对主义和另类真理的假设进行了实证检验：另类媒体与既定媒体在多大程度上以及如何构建不可调和的现实版本？当政治分歧不再建立在共同的现实基础上时，代议制民主可能会受到严重损害，并容易受到不真实言论的破坏。

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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.