With social media at the forefront of today's media context, citizens may perceive they don't
need to actively seek news because they will be exposed to news and remain well-informed …

While the majority of previous research suggests there are positive relationships between
digital media use and political participation and knowledge, most studies have relied on …

Media research demonstrates that audience trust in the news media is a highly
consequential factor, sha** audience selection of and response to media, and potentially …

S is a powerful environment for the statistical and graphical analysis of data. It provides the
tools to implement many statistical ideas that have been made possible by the widespread …

This research assesses possible associations between viewing fake news (ie, political
satire) and attitudes of inefficacy, alienation, and cynicism toward political candidates. Using …

This longitudinal study investigates whether the impact of political interest—a key
motivational factor behind news consumption—on various forms of news consumption has …

This study examines whether and how public media systems contribute to the health of
democracies in 33 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, the Middle East, Latin …

There are vast literatures on the ways in which media content differs from reality, but we thus
far have a rather weak sense for how exactly the representation of various topics in media …

Previous research posits that individual predispositions play an essential role in explaining
patterns of selective exposure to political information. Yet the contextual factors in the …

This study used rigorous meta-analytic approaches to analyze empirical agenda-setting
studies published from 1972 to 2015, and 67 studies that met the inclusion criteria for …