Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries
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Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries. / Hameleers, Michael; Brosius, Anna; Marquart, Franziska; Goldberg, Andreas C.; van Elsas, Erika; de Vreese, Claes H.
I: Communication Research, Bind 49, Nr. 7, 2022, s. 919-941.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries
AU - Hameleers, Michael
AU - Brosius, Anna
AU - Marquart, Franziska
AU - Goldberg, Andreas C.
AU - van Elsas, Erika
AU - de Vreese, Claes H.
N1 - Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research is funded by a grant from the European Research Council (ERC), grant number 647316. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In the midst of heated debates surrounding the veracity and honesty of communication, scholarly attention has turned to the conceptualization of mis- and disinformation on the supply-side of (political) communication. Yet, we lack systematic research on the conceptualization of perceived mis- and disinformation on the demand-side. Original survey data collected in ten European countries (N = 6,643) shows that news consumers distinguish general misinformation from disinformation. Yet, the high correlation between the two dimensions indicates that disinformation perceptions may be regarded as a sub-type of misinformation perceptions in which intentional deception is a core element. This paper aims to make a contribution to the misinformation and media credibility literature by proposing a first conceptualization of perceived untruthfulness corresponding to increasing levels of cynicism and skepticism toward the factual status and honesty of information.
AB - In the midst of heated debates surrounding the veracity and honesty of communication, scholarly attention has turned to the conceptualization of mis- and disinformation on the supply-side of (political) communication. Yet, we lack systematic research on the conceptualization of perceived mis- and disinformation on the demand-side. Original survey data collected in ten European countries (N = 6,643) shows that news consumers distinguish general misinformation from disinformation. Yet, the high correlation between the two dimensions indicates that disinformation perceptions may be regarded as a sub-type of misinformation perceptions in which intentional deception is a core element. This paper aims to make a contribution to the misinformation and media credibility literature by proposing a first conceptualization of perceived untruthfulness corresponding to increasing levels of cynicism and skepticism toward the factual status and honesty of information.
KW - disinformation
KW - hostile media perceptions
KW - media trust
KW - misinformation
KW - populism
KW - populist attitudes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103621485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0093650221997719
DO - 10.1177/0093650221997719
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85103621485
VL - 49
SP - 919
EP - 941
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
SN - 0093-6502
IS - 7
ER -
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