Predictors of credibility of online media in the Spanish polarized media system

  1. Lluïsa Llamero Llamero 1
  2. Vicente Fenoll 2
  3. David Domingo 3
  1. 1 Universitat Ramon Llull
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    Universitat Ramon Llull

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04p9k2z50

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

  3. 3 Université Libre de Bruxelles
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    Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Bruselas, Bélgica

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9htc13

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Revista:
Comunicación y sociedad = Communication & Society

ISSN: 2386-7876

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 32

Número: 2

Páginas: 127-137

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.15581/003.32.37855 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Comunicación y sociedad = Communication & Society

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Resumen

Credibility of online news media is facing important challenges: the levelling effect of the digital environment, the changing habits of consumption, polarization of discourses... This scenario makes it relevant to address what features of news brands and news content shape the credibility of contemporary journalism. This article tests a set of items, including journalistic standards, reputation and citizen participation, in order to build predictors involved in credibility judgments. The authors carried on a quantitative survey (n=416), representative of the Spanish online population. Results identified currency of information, inclusion of analysis and context, citation of sources and inclusion of links to primary sources as the most significant predictors of credibility judgements; it also showed that engaged respondents rely on news brand reputation and individual journalists´ reputation and do not take into account ideological affinity with editorial lines of media. Participation in the media did not prove to be relevant in shaping aggregated judgments of credibility.

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