选举错误信息联系:新闻消费,平台使用和对新闻的信任如何影响对选举错误信息的信念
Camila Mont'Alverne1, Amy Ross Arguedas2, Sayan Banerjee3
1Lecturer in Journalism, Media, and Communication, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Public opinion quarterly
|August 7, 2024
概括
来自传统媒体的新闻消费有助于减少对选举错误信息的信念. 然而,对新闻的信任是脆弱的,尤其是在有争议的政治选举期间.
科学领域:
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
背景情况:
- 错误的选举信息对民主制度和公众信任构成重大威胁.
- 关于选举的虚假声称的传播可以由政治行为者放大.
- 了解媒体消费与对错误信息的信念之间的关系至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查不同类型的在线新闻和媒体使用如何影响人们对选举错误信息的信念.
- 检查信任新闻在选举错误信息的背景下作为调节者的作用.
- 在2022年巴西总统大选期间分析这些动态.
主要方法:
- 从行为跟踪数据 (2,200名互联网用户) 中对4200万个用户点击进行了综合分析.
- 利用四波面板调查,随着时间的推移跟踪人们的信仰和媒体习惯.
- 使用统计控制来检测混因素.
主要成果:
- 传统媒体的新闻消费与人们对选举错误信息的信念下降有关.
- 像Facebook和WhatsApp这样的数字化新闻媒体和平台显示出无效或不一致的效应.
- 对新闻的信任显著缓解了这种关系,对错误信息的信任侵蚀了对新闻的信任.
结论:
- 传统的新闻媒体在减轻选举错误信息方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 这些发现凸显了在政治充满活力的时期对新闻信任的脆弱性.
- 旨在打击选举错误信息的干预措施应考虑消费的媒体的来源和类型.
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