What's in a Label? Negative Credibility Labels in Partisan News

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dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Megan A.en
dc.contributor.departmentCommunicationen
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-01T15:53:51Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-01T15:53:51Zen
dc.date.issued2020-10-13en
dc.date.updated2021-03-01T15:53:49Zen
dc.description.abstractConcern about partisan audiences blindly following partisan news brands while simultaneously being unable to distinguish the credible news from hoax news dominates media criticism and theoretical inquiries. Companies and media literacy advocates have suggested credibility labels as a solution. This experiment tests the effectiveness of credibility labels at the intersection of partisan news brands and partisan news stories. Using news credibility theory and Partisan Media Opinion hypothesis, it investigates the effects credibility labels have on partisan audiences, partisan news brands, and partisan news stories. It finds that credibility labels may be an effective news literacy tool, and that credibility is enhanced when the news story’s ideological perspective does not match the ideology of the news brand.en
dc.description.versionPublished (Publication status)en
dc.format.extent24 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierARTN 1077699020961856 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1077699020961856en
dc.identifier.eissn2161-430Xen
dc.identifier.issn1077-6990en
dc.identifier.orcidDuncan, Megan [0000-0002-0547-2387]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102508en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGEen
dc.rightsIn Copyright (InC)en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen
dc.subjectCommunicationen
dc.subjectpartisan newsen
dc.subjectmedia literacyen
dc.subjectcheap and costly talken
dc.subjectnews credibilityen
dc.subjectexperimenten
dc.subjectSELECTIVE EXPOSUREen
dc.subjectMEDIA CREDIBILITYen
dc.subjectPERCEPTIONSen
dc.subjectINFORMATIONen
dc.subjectBIASen
dc.subjectCUESen
dc.subjectTRUSTen
dc.subjectMESSAGEen
dc.subjectPOLARIZATIONen
dc.subjectSKEPTICISMen
dc.subject1903 Journalism and Professional Writingen
dc.subject2001 Communication and Media Studiesen
dc.subjectCommunication & Media Studiesen
dc.titleWhat's in a Label? Negative Credibility Labels in Partisan Newsen
dc.title.serialJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterlyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherEarly Accessen
dc.type.otherJournalen
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/Communicationen
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