Highlighting Incivility: How the News Media’s Focus on Political Incivility Affects Political Trust and News Credibility
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Previous research showed that political trust declines when politicians debate in uncivil ways. This article extends this research by analyzing how the news media’s tendency to focus on and eve… Continue reading Highlighting Incivility: How the News Media’s Focus on Political Incivility Affects Political Trust and News Credibility