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Do People Trust News on Media Overall as Much as They Trust the News They Actually Use? A Study on Credibility of "News I Use" and Credibility of News on Media Overall

  • Received : 2023.05.24
  • Accepted : 2023.08.14
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

This study aims to understand how people evaluate the credibility of news they use every day and how such evaluation is related to their credibility assessment of news on media overall. For this purpose, this study examines the relationship between credibility of "news I use" and credibility of news on television and news portals overall, respectively. It also explores whether the relationship is moderated by the strength of political ideology. From regression analyses of a nationwide survey of 5,010 adults in South Korea in 2021, the results showed a lower level of credibility for "news I use" than for overall news on television and portals. The results also revealed a significant relationship between the credibility of "news I use" and credibility of overall news on the two media respectively. The expected moderation effect was significant for portal news, but not for television news. Findings and implications are discussed.

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