The More Competent, the More Critical?
In the context of misinformation and inaccuracies in reporting, the knowledge and understanding of news production processes and conditions are crucial for news users’ perceptions of news content. However, research on the users’ perception of errors in news and the influence of corrections and indi...
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| author | Stefanie Holtrup Jakob Henke Wiebke Möhring |
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In the context of misinformation and inaccuracies in reporting, the knowledge and understanding of news production processes and conditions are crucial for news users’ perceptions of news content. However, research on the users’ perception of errors in news and the influence of corrections and individual factors is scarce. In two online experiments, we investigated the influence of corrections, newspaper type, and news media literacy on users’ perceptions of error severity and frequency. Corrections decreased the perceived severity of errors in both studies. News media literacy increased the perceived severity of errors in political news (Study 1) but not in sports news (Study 2). Further, news-literate users perceived errors in political news as more frequent. Newspaper type did not influence user perceptions. These results support the need for transparency and the importance of user characteristics – especially news media literacy – when studying perceptions of journalistic products.
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| spelling | doaj.art-25209bbeda0a47f09727b6a81ca94c622023-03-21T09:39:40ZdeuMedienPädagogikMedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung1424-36362023-03-0119Jahrbuch Medienpädagogik10.21240/mpaed/jb19/2023.03.18.XThe More Competent, the More Critical?Stefanie Holtrup0Jakob Henke1Wiebke Möhring2TU Dortmund UniversityTU Dortmund UniversityTU Dortmund University In the context of misinformation and inaccuracies in reporting, the knowledge and understanding of news production processes and conditions are crucial for news users’ perceptions of news content. However, research on the users’ perception of errors in news and the influence of corrections and individual factors is scarce. In two online experiments, we investigated the influence of corrections, newspaper type, and news media literacy on users’ perceptions of error severity and frequency. Corrections decreased the perceived severity of errors in both studies. News media literacy increased the perceived severity of errors in political news (Study 1) but not in sports news (Study 2). Further, news-literate users perceived errors in political news as more frequent. Newspaper type did not influence user perceptions. These results support the need for transparency and the importance of user characteristics – especially news media literacy – when studying perceptions of journalistic products. https://www.medienpaed.com/article/view/1500news media literacyerrors in newscorrectionsonline studynews accuracyuser perceptions |
| spellingShingle | Stefanie Holtrup Jakob Henke Wiebke Möhring The More Competent, the More Critical? MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung news media literacy errors in news corrections online study news accuracy user perceptions |
| title | The More Competent, the More Critical? |
| title_full | The More Competent, the More Critical? |
| title_fullStr | The More Competent, the More Critical? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The More Competent, the More Critical? |
| title_short | The More Competent, the More Critical? |
| title_sort | more competent the more critical |
| topic | news media literacy errors in news corrections online study news accuracy user perceptions |
| url | https://www.medienpaed.com/article/view/1500 |
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