Why Do People Watch News They Do Not Trust? The Need for Cognition as a Moderator in the Association Between News Media Skepticism and Exposure

By Yariv Tsfati, Joseph N. Cappella. 2005

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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How to Measure Generalized Trust in News Media? An Adaptation and Test of Scales (2019, methodology): “As the second scale to measure generalized trust in news media, we use an adapted version of a credibility scale by Yale et al. (2015). They used a measure developed by Abdulla, Garrison, Salwen, Driscoll, and Casey (2005) and adapted it slightly.”
Individual and Contextual Correlates of Trust in Media Across 44 Countries (2014, background): “A relatively stable set of findings in previous research is that those who consume mainstream media tend to trust them (Jackob, 2010; Kiousis, 2001; Rimmer & Weaver, 1987; Tsfati & Cappella, 2003, 2005; but see Bennett et al., 1999 and Ladd, 2012 for insignificant findings).”
Confirmation biases in selective exposure to political online information: Source bias vs. content bias (2017, background): “Despite indication that high NFC is associated with more time spent reading balanced vs. one-sided messages (Winter & Krämer, 2012) and more trust in mainstream news sources (Tsfati & Cappella, 2005), these same individuals should also ultimately seek consistency in their elaborative thought.”
Persuasive Effects of Fictional Narratives Increase Over Time (2007, unknown): “…factors such as message comprehensibility and prior knowledge, whereas motivation is based on variables such as personal relevance and Need for Cognition (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982; Petty & Cacioppo, 1986; for relationships to media exposure see Henning & Vorderer, 2001, and Tsfati & Cappella, 2005).”