The Awkward Moment When You Agree With News Outlets That You Normally Distrust

Robin Blom
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Robin Blom: School of Journalism and Strategic Communication, Ball State University, USA

Media and Communication, 2023, vol. 11, issue 4, 344-354

Abstract: News source attribution in selective exposure has been examined in many contexts, but rarely in the context of selecting news from distrusted sources. As such, 800 US adults were asked to select one of two headlines attributed to CNN and/or Fox News. Results showed some people selected news from a distrusted source, but only under very specific circumstances. Others avoided the awkward moment of siding with a distrusted source, even when that meant selecting news from a trusted source that was counter-attitudinal to the source’s typical slant on global warming.

Keywords: distrust; news content; news expectancy; news sources; news trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7153

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