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Social Media and Belief in Misinformation in Mexico: A Case of Maximal Panic, Minimal Effects? 社交媒体与墨西哥的虚假信息信仰：一个最大恐慌、最小影响的案例？

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221088988

S. Valenzuela, Carlos Muñiz, Marcelo Santos

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引用次数: 9

The Effects of Flagging Propaganda Sources on News Sharing: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Twitter 标记宣传来源对新闻分享的影响:来自Twitter的准实验证据

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International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221086905

Fan Liang, Qinfeng Zhu, Gabriel Miao Li

引用次数: 4

Motivated Mobilization: The Role of Emotions in the Processing of Poll Messages 动机动员:情绪在民意调查信息处理中的作用

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221086907

T. A. Neyazi, Ozan Kuru

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引用次数: 2

Poll Wars: Perceptions of Poll Credibility and Voting Behaviour 民意调查之战:对民意调查可信度和投票行为的看法

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221087181

Stephen Dawson

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引用次数: 2

Unpacking the Determinants of Outrage and Recognition in Public Discourse: Insights Across Socio-Cultural Divides, Political Systems, and Media Types 揭开公共话语中愤怒和认可的决定因素:跨社会文化鸿沟、政治制度和媒体类型的见解

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221084206

Charlotte Löb, E. M. Rinke, Carina Weinmann, Hartmut Wessler

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引用次数: 0

Corrigendum to Diffusion of Development Journalism Inside Egyptian Newsrooms 埃及新闻室内传播发展新闻学勘误表

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-03 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221083550

Allam, Rasha

引用次数: 0

Discursive Toolkits of Anti-Muslim Disinformation on Twitter 推特上反穆斯林虚假信息的讨论工具包

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International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221084633

K. Bhatia, P. Arora

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引用次数: 2

Playing Both Sides: Russian State-Backed Media Coverage of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement 两面派:俄罗斯政府支持的媒体对#黑人生命也重要运动的报道

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221082052

Samantha Bradshaw, Renée DiResta, Carly Miller

{"title":"Playing Both Sides: Russian State-Backed Media Coverage of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement","authors":"Samantha Bradshaw, Renée DiResta, Carly Miller","doi":"10.1177/19401612221082052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221082052","url":null,"abstract":"Russian influence operations on social media have received significant attention following the 2016 US presidential elections. Here, scholarship has largely focused on the covert strategies of the Russia-based Internet Research Agency and the overt strategies of Russia's largest international broadcaster RT (Russia Today). But since 2017, a number of new news media providers linked to the Russian state have emerged, and less research has focused on these channels and how they may support contemporary influence operations. We conduct a qualitative content analysis of 2,014 Facebook posts about the #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) protests in the United States over the summer of 2020 to comparatively examine the overt propaganda strategies of six Russian-linked news organizations—RT, Ruptly, Soapbox, In The NOW, Sputnik, and Redfish. We found that RT and Sputnik diverged in their framing of the BLM movement from the newer media properties. RT and Sputnik primarily produced negative coverage of the BLM movement, painting protestors as violent, or discussed the hypocrisy of racial justice in America. In contrast, newer media properties like In The NOW, Soapbox, and Redfish supported the BLM movement with clickbait-style videos highlighting racism in America. Video footage bearing the Ruptly brandmark appears in both traditional and new media properties, to illustrate, in real time, civil unrest across the US. By focusing on overt propaganda from the broad array of Russian-affiliated media, our data allows us to further understand the “full spectrum” and “counter-hegemonic” strategies at play in contemporary information operations.","PeriodicalId":47605,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Press-Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41249751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Ideology Matters: The Influence of Competing Message Framings on Public Attitudes toward Humanitarian Interventions 意识形态问题：相互竞争的信息框架对公众对人道主义干预态度的影响

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-02-21 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221082063

Qihao Ji, Juris Pupcenoks

引用次数: 0

Identity, Social Media and Politics: How Young Emirati Women Make Sense of Female Politicians in the UAE 身份、社交媒体与政治:年轻的阿联酋女性如何理解阿联酋的女性政治家

IF 4.8 1区社会学

International Journal of Press-Politics Pub Date : 2022-02-21 DOI: 10.1177/19401612221078795

Leysan Storie, Sarah Marschlich

引用次数: 1