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- Glogger, Isabella, 1981, et al.
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Bridging the gap: Introducing a socio-cultural dimension to explain beliefs about man-made threats
- 2022
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Ingår i: Public Understanding of Science. - : SAGE Publications. - 0963-6625 .- 1361-6609. ; 31:8, s. 1063-1078
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The belief gap hypothesis focuses on why individuals differ in beliefs about the causes and consequences of issues despite expert consensus. Offering ideological rationalization and media use as an explanation for diverting beliefs, it, so far, has focused on ideological priors that describe traditional socio-economic cleavages—even if scientific and environmental issues go beyond monetary questions. In this study, we aim to counter this shortcoming by introducing a socio-cultural dimension of ideology to research on the belief gap hypothesis. Comparing two issues of man-made threats—climate change and antimicrobial resistance—and emphasizing more strongly the role of media use for belief gaps, we find that a socio-cultural dimension of ideology serves as a better predictor for diverting beliefs about climate change but not for antimicrobial resistance. In contrast to left-leaning media, using right-leaning media outlets widens climate change belief gaps.
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- Glogger, Isabella, 1981, et al.
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The world around us and the picture(s) in our heads: The effects of news media use on belief organization
- 2023
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Ingår i: Communication Monographs. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0363-7751 .- 1479-5787. ; 90:2, s. 159-180
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since Converse [1964. The nature of belief systems in mass publics. Critical Review, 18(1-3), 1 - 74 https://doi.org/10.1080/08913810608443650] asked "What goes with what?", research tries to answer this question. How individuals perceive the world around them depending on media use has been an endeavor of studying societal beliefs of societal issues separately. Building upon literature on cognitive architecture, we study how media use shapes the formation and stability of belief structures across issues in public opinion reflected in groups of individuals. Using a three-wave panel study, we found (1) that individuals' perceptions of different issues are interconnected, (2) translating into aggregate-stable, concurring groups in public opinion, and that (3) differential media use affects the formation and stability of these groups.
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- Shehata, Adam, 1981, et al.
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Belief maintenance as a media effect: a conceptualization and empirical approach
- 2024
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Ingår i: Human Communication Research. - 0360-3989 .- 1468-2958. ; 50:1, s. 1-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While prominent theories of media effects suggest that the maintenance of societal perceptions (and misperceptions) is a critical and distinct outcome of exposure to mediated communication, the "maintenance effect"remains poorly understood. This article provides a theoretical conceptualization and operational approach to the maintenance effect. The first part addresses the distinct properties of the maintenance effect and proposes a conceptualization anchored in theories of cognitive media effects. The second part focuses on the psychological mechanisms behind the maintenance effect, outlining factors operating in the short and long run. Finally, building upon recent statistical developments for longitudinal data analysis, the third part suggests and illustrates a specific empirical approach for analyzing the maintenance effect.
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- Shehata, Adam, 1981, et al.
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Conceptualizing long-term media effects on societal beliefs
- 2021
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Ingår i: Annals of the International Communication Association. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2380-8985 .- 2380-8977. ; 45:1, s. 75-93
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article critically examines long-term media effects in communication research. Focusing on news exposure, the purpose is to provide a review and theoretical conceptualization of long-term effects on societal beliefs. The first part presents an empirical overview of research published in leading communication journals. While longitudinal studies are not uncommon, few have an explicit and elaborated focus on long-term influences. To advance future research, the second part builds on cognitive schema theory to develop three distinct ways of conceptualizing long-term effects: in terms of (a) effect duration, (b) effect mechanisms and (c) effect dynamics. Finally, the third part condenses a comprehensive literature review into a multilevel framework model of factors contributing to long-term media effects on societal beliefs.
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- Shehata, Adam, 1981, et al.
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Same News Frames, Different Issues: Issue Familiarity and Dynamic Framing Effects
- 2024
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Ingår i: Communication Research. - : Sage Publications. - 0093-6502 .- 1552-3810.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study addresses how issue familiarity conditions longitudinal news framing effect dynamics. Comparing how the economic consequences frame impacts interpretation of two global problems—antimicrobial resistance and climate change—we study longitudinal effects across two similar issues varying significantly in salience and politicization, focusing on how various effect dynamics (single, repetitive, and counter-framing exposure) influence citizens’ beliefs over time. A longitudinal experiment conducted with a probability-recruited sample in Sweden (N = 1,956) reveals (1) clear framing effects for both issues, (2) dynamics driven primarily by recency mechanisms, and (3) that individual differences in baseline belief certainty condition news framing effects. In sum, while the same news frame can have very similar effects on different issues, the findings suggest a “dual role” of issue familiarity, potentially conditioning the specific longitudinal effect dynamics, on the one hand, and effect susceptibility, on the other hand.
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- Shehata, Adam, 1981, et al.
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The Swedish way: How ideology and media use influenced the formation, maintenance and change of beliefs about the Coronavirus
- 2021
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Ingår i: Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus. Peter Van Aelst, Jay G. Blumler (red.). - New York : Routledge. - 9781000467109 ; , s. 209-223
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter examines public belief formation in Sweden during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on theories of sociotropic belief formation, we analyze how citizens’ ideology, personal experience, interpersonal talk and media use influence their beliefs about how the coronavirus affects the Swedish society. The findings from analyses of three waves of panel survey data suggest that (1) citizens continuously update their corona beliefs over time, (2) ideological belief gaps emerge in the initial phase of the crisis but remain relatively constant over time, (3) corona beliefs primarily depend on ideology and news media use and (4) these two factors also influence the likelihood that citizens hold on to beliefs formed at an early stage of the pandemic. Furthermore, while news media use was more clearly related to perceptions about the magnitude of the coronavirus as a societal problem, ideology played a larger role for perceptions about how Sweden had managed the virus. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Peter Van Aelst and Jay G. Blumler.
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- Andersen, Kim, et al.
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Alternative News Orientation and Trust in Mainstream Media: A Longitudinal Audience Perspective
- 2023
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Ingår i: Digital Journalism. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2167-0811 .- 2167-082X. ; 11:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The emergence of online alternative news sites has enabled people to easily access viewpoints corresponding to their social and political identities and challenging mainstream media coverage. Taking an audience perspective and relying on a large four-wave panel survey from Sweden, this study examines orientation towards alternative news, paying specific attention to the potential reinforcing relationship with trust in mainstream media. Results show that increasing orientation towards alternative news is related to decreasing trust in mainstream media, and vice versa. In addition, the study highlights how alternative news orientation supplements rather than replaces consumption of traditional news. These findings provide valuable insights on the alternative news users and the dynamics of their media consumption, informing the debate on the role played by alternative news media in society.
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- Andersen, Kim, et al.
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Maintenance and Reformation of News Repertoires: A Latent Transition Analysis
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. - : SAGE Publications. - 1077-6990 .- 2161-430X. ; 99:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today’s media environment provides people ample opportunities for constructing news habits fitting their preferences, but our knowledge about the dynamics of such news habits is limited. Using a four-wave panel survey from Sweden and taking a news repertoires approach, the study identifies four groups of news users labeled Public service-oriented traditionalists, Minimalists, Engaged pluralists, and Quality-oriented explorers, which are each related to news interest, trust in mainstream news media, and socio-demographic factors in distinct ways. The news repertoires are highly stable, even during profound contextual change, showing that people most often maintain their news habits and only seldom reform them.
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- Andersen, Kim, et al.
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Selective news avoidance: consistency and temporality
- 2024
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Ingår i: Communication Research. - 0093-6502.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Can news avoidance be considered a stable personal “trait,” adhering to a specific group of consistent news avoiders, or is it rather a volatile “state” reflecting temporal variations in audience practices? Based on a five-wave panel survey collected in Sweden during the coronavirus pandemic, we show that selective avoidance of news about the pandemic varies both between persons, representing consistency, and within persons, representing temporality. Drawing on the information utility model, we additionally show that both dimensions are related to audience preferences, specifically news interest, news media trust, and societal concerns. These results illustrate that the practice of selective news avoidance is not restricted to a specific group of people with limited news use but also represents a more fluid audience behavior of adjusting news consumption patterns in response to individual and contextual changes. However, as the correlates of the two dimensions are similar, the results stress the polarizing potential of news avoidance in democracy.
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