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{"title":"Fuming Mad and Jumping with Joy: Emotional Responses to Uncivil and Post-Truth Communication by Populist and Non-Populist Politicians on Facebook During the COVID-19 Crisis","authors":"Alena Kluknavská, Martina Novotná, Olga Eisele","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2252396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2252396","url":null,"abstract":"Social networking sites offer politicians an opportunity to mobilize followers through carefully crafted messages appealing to their emotions. We examine the effects of uncivil and post-truth communication of populist and non-populist party leaders on the emotional emoji reactions of social media users during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Conveying a disrespectful tone toward the participants and topics of the debate, lying accusations, and incivility have become prominent aspects of contemporary political discourse in many European countries. We combine research on emotional cues in online political communication and the effects of political elites’ messages on social media. We apply manual content analysis (N = 2,549 posts) to study the political communication of Czech political party leaders on Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021), which generated a higher sense of threat and uncertainty in the public. We show that uncivil and post-truth message elements, affiliation with a populist party, and pandemic influenced the volume of emotional interactions with political posts. The article has important implications for the study of how incivility and attacks on truthfulness can influence opinion exchange in public debate or increase societal polarization.","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136130529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adolescents’ Remembering of Sexual Television Narratives and Their Relations with Positive Sexuality Components: A Biographic Resonance Perspective","authors":"Chelly Maes, Ulrike Schwertberger, Diana Rieger, Laura Vandenbosch","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2256316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2256316","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTLittle to no knowledge exists about television’s role in the sexual socialization of adolescents from the perspective of remembrance and resonance of narratives dealing with sexuality. The current study aims to fill this gap in the literature by using three-wave data of 703 respondents (51.5% assigned female at birth, M age = 15.44; SD = 1.43). We explored reciprocal relations between adolescents’ remembrance of resonating positive and negative messages included in sexual narratives on television and their positive sexuality components (e.g. sexual self-acceptance). Structural equation modeling showed that a respectful approach to different sexual expressions was related to the remembering of negative sexual television messages five months later. No other significant relations were found. Further, no differences were found based on adolescents’ sexual experiences. The findings are discussed in the realm of the potential of using the biographic resonance theory (BRT) of eudaimonic entertainment media to further explore the socializing potential of sexual television narratives.DisclaimerAs a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before final publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. Disclosure StatementWe have no known conflict of interest to disclose.Figure 1. Hypothesized Model.Note. RP = remembrance of positive sexual messages, RN = remembrance of negative sexual messages, SA = sexual self-acceptance, PA= positive approach to sexual relationships, RA = respectful approach to different sexual expressions.Display full sizeFigure 2. Parameter Estimates of the Hypothesized Model.Display full sizeNote. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001. PR = remembrance of positive sexual messages, NR = remembrance of negative sexual messages, SA = sexual self-acceptance, PA= positive approach to sexual relationships, RA = respectful approach to different sexual expressions. Coefficients represent standardized betas. For clarity, measurement parts, in-wave correlations, and residual variances are not shown.Notes1 The model adjusted for demographic variability also showed an acceptable model fit, χ2 (1,290) = 2,900.86, p < .001, RMSEA = .04, CFI = .90, TLI = .88, SRMR = .08. Similar results as in the parsimonious model emerged..Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds under grant number C14/18/017","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"169 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Dynamics of Information-Seeking Repertoires: A Cross-Sectional Latent Class Analysis of Information-Seeking During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Sofia Johansson, Bengt Johansson, Johannes Johansson","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2258863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2258863","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTUnderstanding audiences’ information-seeking behaviors during a societal crisis it vital for effective crisis communication. Prior research has identified how individuals combine information sources during a specific crisis phase. However, there is a lack of studies analyzing the stability of such behavior across phases. Therefore, this study utilizes a four-wave panel study conducted in Sweden (N = 13,718) to examine information-seeking repertoires and potential drivers across phases with different threat severity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results from a cross-sectional latent class analysis revealed four main types of information-seeking repertoires: pluralists, traditionalists, minimalists, and news junkies. Specifically, the findings show that individuals with different socio-demographic profiles broaden their information-seeking repertoire when threat severity is high, making socio-demographic factors a poor predictor of repertoire breadth. Instead, mainstream media trust seems to play a more important role as a potential predictor of broad information-seeking repertoires including non-mainstream sources. The dynamic nature of the repertoires cautions scholars not to make generalization about information-seekers and their characteristics across different phases of a crisis and underline the importance of future research to focus on factors beyond socio-demographics.DisclaimerAs a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before final publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. Data availability statementData is available on request from the corresponding author due to privacy/ethics restrictions.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 The Swedish Ethical Review Authority gave the panel survey ethical approval on January 15, 2020 (Dnr 2019 –04,339). Every respondent provided written consent to participate before answering the survey..2 The results for the potential drivers thus reflect predicted probabilities⸺not significant regression output..3 The rather low Entropy-value might also be related to the degrees of freedom and the maximum number of class solutions. The Entropy-value might, in other words, have been higher if we had been able to test solutions with more classes. However, there is no agreed cutoff criterion for Entropy, and models with low values might still be theoretically useful (for discussions about this see Muthen, 2008; Weller et al., Citation2020)..4 The socially oriented traditionalists were only captured by the model in wave four. Therefore, it is unknown whether the class has any stable drivers. As a result, the repertoire was exclu","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"To Trust or Not to Trust? Exploring the Roles of Facebook and WhatsApp Use and Network Diversity","authors":"Xiang Meng, Yuan Wang","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2248956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2248956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85460196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taking Political Alternative Media into Account: Investigating the Linkage Between Media Repertories and (Mis)perceptions.","authors":"R. Vliegenthart, Jesper Stromback, H. Boomgaarden, Elena Broda, A. Damstra, Eveliina Lindgren, Y. Tsfati, Annelien Van Remoortere","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2251444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2251444","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72692160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Social Identity Model of Localized Social Media Dependency During Post-Earthquake Disaster","authors":"Jae Hyun Kim, Yong-Chan Kim, Mihye Seo","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2219246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2219246","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Intra- and inter-group dynamics involving local identity have rarely been examined in media contexts. Drawing on Media System Dependency and Social Identity Perspectives, we examine the information power of localized social media (LSM) during post-earthquake disaster. The quake-affected city, Pohang in South Korea, is relatively small-sized and geographically peripheral compared to the Seoul metropolitan area. We conducted an online survey with 530 female members of Pohang Mom Noriteo, the largest Pohang-based LSM platform, which represents a high-entitativity online group. Results indicate that uncertain local identity resulting from the earthquake predicted the strengthened relation with the LSM. Notably, strong local identifiers with heightened risk perception reported a substantially reduced negative perception of Seoul-based mainstream media coverage of the earthquakes. We discuss these findings in light of the unique group status of the city, which was jeopardized by the disaster, and the essential role of mainstream media during post-disaster periods.","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"16 1","pages":"801 - 826"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89094777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporal Framing in Balanced News Coverage of Artificial Intelligence and Public Attitudes","authors":"Sukyoung Choi","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2248974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2248974","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81593896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“‘Everything Else is Public Relations’” How Rural Journalists Draw the Boundary Between Journalism and Public Relations in Rural Communities","authors":"Mildred F. Perreault, Jessica Walsh, L. Lincoln, G. Perreault, Ruth Moon","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2243920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2243920","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"191 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81066459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping the Media Genome: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Analysis of News Framing of Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Kits","authors":"Christopher M. Dobmeier, Y. Ophir, Dror Walter, Austin Y. Hubner","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2240314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2240314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75898184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Media Representations and Capabilities: An Intergroup Analysis of Muslim Arabs, Bedouin, Druze, and Christian Arabs","authors":"Baruch Shomron","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2243253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2243253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81411263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}