scholarly journals What is the Influence of News Media on People’s Perception of Corruption? Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Charron ◽  
Paola Annoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Political Corruption ◽  
Systematic Effect ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Media Source ◽  
Non Parametric

Abstract Does the source of one’s news media have a systematic effect on one’s perception of political corruption? While numerous studies have investigated the extent to which media affects trust in institutions, or the polarization of political values, this study shifts the focus on to how one’s media source conceived here as social media versus traditional media affects the perception of corruption in 2 ways. First, we hypothesize that citizens who consume their news predominately from social media will have higher perceptions of political corruption than consumers of more traditional media sources. Second, we hypothesize that perceptions among social media consumers will be more polarized. Specifically, we argue that the gap in corruption perception between supporters of government and opposition political parties will be larger among social media consumers compared to traditional news consumers. We test our hypotheses using newly collected survey data from the European Quality of Government Index survey from 2017, which contains nearly 78,000 respondents in 21 countries in the European Union. Estimating our model with both parametric and non-parametric approaches, we find robust empirical support for two of our 3 hypotheses.

scholarly journals Analysing inter-media agenda setting influence between Social media and electronic media; a perspective from Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 4 (Issue 2) ◽  
pp. 478-496
Author(s):  
Farrukh Shahzad ◽  
Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Siraj
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Lagged Correlation

Inter-media agenda setting is a commonly used phenomenon to investigate the transfer of contents between news media. The recent digitization era challenges the traditional presuppositions. This study investigates the inter-media agenda setting influence between social media and traditional media. To address this question, the present study investigates first level agenda setting between Twitter and ARY news during Farishta murder case 2019. Content analysis method was used to assess agendas present within Twitter and ARY news. By employing cross-lagged correlation, the study investigates the inter-media agenda setting influence between Twitter agendas and of ARY news agendas. Aggregate findings of cross-lagged correlation reveal a clear agenda setting influence of Twitter on ARY news coverage agenda about Farishta murder case. The results of the study suggest that Twitter has the capability to influence broadcast agendas of television in Pakistan

Comparative international studies of election campaign communication: What should happen next?

Journalism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1124-1138
Author(s):  
Frank Esser
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Country Comparison ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
Campaign Communication ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
Election Studies

The article not only identifies important achievements of comparative international research of election campaign communication but also highlights their challenges. Focusing in particular on content analyses, the article finds that comparative studies examine either the messages of the news media (and here, so far, only the reporting of traditional media is considered) or the messages of the candidates (here, their social media channels are preferentially studied). The combination of both, meaning election studies that are devoted to the interplay of traditional and new channels in an international comparison, are extremely rare and should be intensified. It is encouraging that our knowledge of campaign reporting in a country-by-country comparison has increased in recent years because content analyses have increasingly concentrated on an established set of relevant reporting features – as this articles illustrates with many examples. However, more collaborative, internationally linked comparative scholarship is needed, even if the demands placed on researchers further increase as a result.

scholarly journals Post-Truth Politics in the UK's Brexit Referendum

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Marshall ◽  
Alena Drieschova
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Oxford Dictionary ◽  
The Uk

The term post-truth became the 2016 Oxford Dictionary word of the year, yet many scholars question whether the term signals anything new, or whether post-truth is just lying, which has always been a part of politics and media. This paper contributes to this discussion by critically evaluating the extent to which the Brexit referendum, the UK's vote to exit the European Union, was based on post-truth politics. The paper develops the argument that Brexit is a key example of post-truth politics, and that two key factors ushered in this new form of politics into the UK: 1) technological changes associated with social media, which lead to a situation in which a significant portion of the population acquire their news online, while anybody can post anything online without checks on the accuracy of the claims; 2) a growing distrust in democratic institutions, political elites, expertise, and traditional media gatekeepers which leads, in turn, to a loss of trust in established expert knowledge, leaving the population willing to rely on information originating from questionable sources. This combination of a decline in trust of politicians and experts with social media reliance, drove the British public to emotionally charged, value-based decision making to a greater extent than before, which thus supports the claim that post-truth politics is indeed a novel phenomenon. Our analysis of the Brexit referendum raises the need for scholars to study the daily activities of the population and focus on its role as an active regime shaper.

Media use, fear of terrorism, and attitudes towards immigrants and refugees: Young people and adults compared

2019 ◽  
pp. 174804851986947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlies Debrael ◽  
Leen d’Haenens ◽  
Rozane De Cock ◽  
David De Coninck
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
News Media ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Do So

In Flanders, citizens hold rather negative attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. This could be due to the news media, which depict newcomers in a rather negative way. The purpose of this study is to analyze whether there are separate media worlds at work in Flemish young people and adults and whether this results in different attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. To do so, we questioned 1,759 people aged 13 to 65 by means of an online questionnaire. Results indicate that overall news consumption increases with age, and that young people mainly use social media for their news consumption while adults still rely on traditional media. Interestingly, young adults are the most welcoming group towards immigrants and refugees. Although news media consumption seems to be related to fear of terrorism and attitudes towards newcomers to some extent, socio-demographic factors play an important role in the development of fear and negative attitudes towards newcomers.

scholarly journals Effects of Traditional and Social Media on Political Trust

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-135
Author(s):  
Martín Echeverría ◽  
Evelia Mani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Misleading Information ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

Political trust is essential for a democratic regime to work, and a declining asset in Western countries. It has been confirmed theoretically and empirically that news media are an important source of influence on political trust, though literature have not considered social media, in which the circulation of false or misleading information, and propaganda, might have a negative effect on political trust, to be relevant channels of news consumption. In order to explore the effect of social media on political trust in comparison with that of traditional media, an ANOVA test and hierarchical multiple linear regression models were run on a three-wave panel survey, during the presidential elections of 2018 (N = 701) in Mexico. The findings indicate that the election campaign had a positive effect on institutional trust, growing as the campaign developed, and that there was a positive influence from social media, followed by television.

scholarly journals What do people learn from following the news? A diary study on the influence of media use on knowledge of current news stories

2020 ◽  
pp. 026732312097872
Author(s):  
Kathleen Beckers ◽  
Peter Van Aelst ◽  
Pascal Verhoest ◽  
Leen d’Haenens
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Time Diary ◽  
Current Affairs

One of the main functions of news media in democracies is informing the citizenry on day-to-day affairs. However, the way in which citizens gather news has changed as nowadays people have more opportunities than ever before to adapt their media consumption based on their preferences. One of the major game changers was the introduction of social media. This raises the question to what extent traditional media still contribute to people’s knowledge of current affairs. Using a time-diary study in the Flemish media context, we investigate the influence of different forms of news consumption on current news knowledge. We conclude that traditional (print and audiovisual) media, including popular outlets, continue to be the major contributors to people’s knowledge about current affairs and that social media hardly contribute at all.

Interdependent relation between earned media and TV ratings

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giwoong Bae ◽  
Hye-Jin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Displacement Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Tv Ratings

PurposeSocial media (e.g., e-WOM) and traditional media (e.g., media coverage) serve different roles in a firm's marketing activities and also interact with each other, which in turn affect the market outcome. In addition, how market outcome affects the two types of media in turn has not been examined, which brings the need for a holistic framework. The rare study that examines this relation mostly relies on the volume of media rather than the valence. This study examines the interdependent relation between the volume and valence of social media, the volume of traditional media and TV ratings.Design/methodology/approachForty-one South Korean TV drama shows from October 2014 to March 2016 were analyzed using the 3SLS estimation to examine the interdependent relation between the variables.FindingsFirst, the volume of traditional media has a negative effect on the volume of social media. Second, ratings negatively affect the valence of social media. Third, the volume of traditional media is found to have a negative effect on ratings. This is explained by the displacement effect.Originality/valueThis study is one of the very few studies that examine the interdependent relation between various earned media and market outcomes in one framework. In addition, it has originality in that it considers the valence of social media, which is an important dimension in analyzing earned media. Our results show negative effects of news media on TV ratings and e-WOM, which diverge from common intuition.

scholarly journals Anti-refugee Mobilization in Social Media: The Case of Soldiers of Odin

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511876443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattias Ekman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Street Politics ◽  
New Year’S Eve

In the wake of the international refugee crisis, racist attitudes are becoming more publicly evident across the European Union. Propelled by the attacks in Köln on New Year’s Eve 2015 and harsher public sentiments on immigration, vigilante gangs have emerged in various European cities. These gangs mobilize through social media networks and claim to protect citizens from alleged violent and sexual attacks by refugees. This article analyzes how racist actors use social media to mobilize and organize street politics targeting refugees/immigrants. The aim is to explore the relation between social media and anti-refugee mobilization in a time of perceived insecurity and forced migration. The study uses the vigilante network Soldiers of Odin as a specific case, looking at (1) how they communicate through social media, (2) how they are represented in the large “alternative” space of right-wing online sites, and (3) how they are represented in traditional mainstream news. Using a critical adaption of Cammaerts’ theory of “mediation opportunity structure,” the article explicates the (inverted) rationale of racist online networks. Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis, both social media content and traditional news media are examined. The results show that although racist actors succeed in utilizing many of the opportunities embedded in social media communication and protest logic, they are also subject to constraints, such as a lack of public support and negative framing in news media. The article calls for more research on the (critical) relationship between uncivil engagement and social media networks.

scholarly journals News criteria on social media Comparing news media use of Facebook and Twitter

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Linaa Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Privileged Position ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
Media Organizations ◽  
Facebook Pages

The supply of news is larger than ever. However, traditional mass media are no longer in a privileged position as the exclusive gatekeepers of news; they face competition from alternative media, organizations and citizens who can produce and distribute news instantly through websites, blogs and social media. Furthermore, a significant share of news consumption is now based on links and stories appearing in users’ social media newsfeed. Every week, 56 percent of Danish citizens get news through social media that have become a major battleground for attention, clicks, viewers and readers (Schrøder et al. 2018). If traditional media are to retain attention and audience they have to play by social media logics.This article identifies and compares news criteria of social media posts shared on 25 Danish Twitter accounts and 25 Danish Facebook pages, representing exactly the same 25 news media actors. Hereby I investigate the criteria by which media frame their stories shared through social media and compare different uses and strategies on Facebook and Twitter.

‘You Posted What on Facebook?’ Sport, Sex and the ‘St Kilda Schoolgirl’

2014 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deb Waterhouse-Watson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
News Media ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Women's Power ◽  
Sex Scandals

Throughout 2010–11, a series of sex scandals involving a young woman, AFL players and staff occurred, largely enabled through both social and traditional media. Through this case study, this article questions the power of social media to facilitate an individual's challenge to traditional power hierarchies, exploring the interactions between social media and the news media in gaining public attention. I also uncover the patriarchal ideologies that shaped the way the scandals played out, highlighting the narrative and discursive strategies employed to dismiss Duthie's actions. She was portrayed as a child, a ‘woman scorned’ and/or mentally ill, ultimately disempowering her. The case is a powerful illustration of the continued influence of patriarchal ideologies in curtailing women's power, which is only amplified by the interactivity of social media.

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