Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables
Building on the notion of an intangible resource, this research conceptualizes resilience as an intangible resource that can be ascribed to countries (governments and media) and explores its sources. After presenting the conceptual framework, the study uses cross-national comparable data from Euroba...
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| description | Building on the notion of an intangible resource, this research conceptualizes resilience as an intangible resource that can be ascribed to countries (governments and media) and explores its sources. After presenting the conceptual framework, the study uses cross-national comparable data from Eurobarometer to (a) determine whether a factor called “resilience to misinformation” can be composed of citizens’ attitudes and behaviors toward misinformation and be conceptualized and operationalized as an intangible asset, and (b) determine the extent to which other intangible assets regarding the media (legitimacy and trust) help predict resilience to misinformation. Based on statistical techniques, findings show that (a) it is possible to conceptualize “resilience to misinformation” as an intangible asset comprised of several items related to citizens’ awareness of misinformation, acknowledgment of the negative impact, and the development of skills to identify misinformation; (b) this intangible asset can be analyzed in relation to intangibles that derive from media performance, such as media legitimacy and trust in the media; and (c) media’s intangible assets seem to be more predictive of “resilience to misinformation” than sociodemographic variables. Based on the findings, this research proposes a conceptualization of “resilience to misinformation” as an intangible resource in the public sector. In addition, it highlights recommendations for the mainstream media on how to manage their intangible value while contributing to resilience to misinformation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c4497293a7342b58adcd13097231eb22023-04-28T08:12:55ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392023-04-01112304110.17645/mac.v11i2.63173013Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive VariablesCarlos Rodríguez-Pérez0María José Canel1Department of Communication Management, Universidad de La Sabana, ColombiaDepartment of Communication Theory and Analysis, Complutense University of Madrid, SpainBuilding on the notion of an intangible resource, this research conceptualizes resilience as an intangible resource that can be ascribed to countries (governments and media) and explores its sources. After presenting the conceptual framework, the study uses cross-national comparable data from Eurobarometer to (a) determine whether a factor called “resilience to misinformation” can be composed of citizens’ attitudes and behaviors toward misinformation and be conceptualized and operationalized as an intangible asset, and (b) determine the extent to which other intangible assets regarding the media (legitimacy and trust) help predict resilience to misinformation. Based on statistical techniques, findings show that (a) it is possible to conceptualize “resilience to misinformation” as an intangible asset comprised of several items related to citizens’ awareness of misinformation, acknowledgment of the negative impact, and the development of skills to identify misinformation; (b) this intangible asset can be analyzed in relation to intangibles that derive from media performance, such as media legitimacy and trust in the media; and (c) media’s intangible assets seem to be more predictive of “resilience to misinformation” than sociodemographic variables. Based on the findings, this research proposes a conceptualization of “resilience to misinformation” as an intangible resource in the public sector. In addition, it highlights recommendations for the mainstream media on how to manage their intangible value while contributing to resilience to misinformation.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6317european unionintangible assetsmedia legitimacymedia trustmisinformationresilience |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Rodríguez-Pérez María José Canel Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables Media and Communication european union intangible assets media legitimacy media trust misinformation resilience |
| title | Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables |
| title_full | Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables |
| title_fullStr | Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables |
| title_short | Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables |
| title_sort | exploring european citizens resilience to misinformation media legitimacy and media trust as predictive variables |
| topic | european union intangible assets media legitimacy media trust misinformation resilience |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6317 |
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