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Title: Seeing and Believing Pro-Trump Fake News: The Interacting Roles of Online News Sources, Partisanship, and Education
Other Titles: International Journal of Communication
Authors: Meirick, Patrick
Franklyn, Amanda
Keywords: fake
news
online
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: International Journal of Communication
Citation: Meirick, P., and Franklyn, A. (2022). Seeing and Believing Pro-Trump Fake News: The Interacting Roles of Online News Sources, Partisanship, and Education. International Journal Of Communication, 16, 23. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18579/3824
Abstract: This study examined secondary survey data (N = 3,015) that asked respondents about real and pro-Trump fake news headlines in late 2016 as well as their reliance on online news sources. Reliance on Facebook for news was a vector for exposure to pro-Trump fake news but not for believing it. Reliance on Fox News online and on nonlegacy news sites was positively associated both with exposure to and perceived accuracy of pro-Trump fake news. The Fox News relationship with perceived accuracy was moderated by party and education such that Fox News reliance was a stronger predictor for Democrats and the more highly educated. Reliance on CNN online and elite newspaper sites was negatively related with the perceived accuracy of pro-Trump fake news. Implications for motivated reasoning theory and future directions are discussed.
URI: https://repositorio.consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec//handle/CONSEJO_REP/8293
ISSN: 1932-8036
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