“The ‘first and most voiced complaint’ from participants was that news coverage of people like them skewed toward negative stories or reflected them in a negative light.”
The pervasive amount of news media criticism in the U.S. has intensified the erosion of trust in American journalism, but such discussion can be seen as a sign of democratic health.
A new Reuters Institute report finds that editorial standards and journalistic practices may be less important for trust in news than audience impressions about brand reputations and the look and feel of how information is presented.
A study that seemed to claim they had was treated as “bad news for journalists: the public doesn’t share our values.” The reality is a few arbitrary research design decisions put a thumb on the scale.
The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with. A new group of broadcast competitors and its likely new set of bosses see it differently.
A new study looks at how people in seven countries view the motives of the news media in covering the pandemic. Only in the United States is that a profoundly partisan question.
Benton, Joshua. "For COVID-19, as with everything else, Americans on the right and left live in different universes when it comes to trusting the media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 17 Sep. 2020. Web. 26 May. 2023.
APA
Benton, J. (2020, Sep. 17). For COVID-19, as with everything else, Americans on the right and left live in different universes when it comes to trusting the media. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 26, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/09/for-covid-19-as-with-everything-else-americans-on-the-right-and-left-live-in-different-universes-when-it-comes-to-trusting-the-media/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "For COVID-19, as with everything else, Americans on the right and left live in different universes when it comes to trusting the media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 17, 2020. Accessed May 26, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/09/for-covid-19-as-with-everything-else-americans-on-the-right-and-left-live-in-different-universes-when-it-comes-to-trusting-the-media/.
Wikipedia
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