Journalism

Journalism &Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Credibility is an ancient, well-studied, complicated construct. Most credibility measurements consider messenger (ethos) and/or message (logos). Aristotle’s definition includes pathos—the sp… Continue reading The Visual Journalism Credibility Scale: Including Pathos for Visual Journalists in the Convergent Media Era→

Journalism &Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Continue reading Book Review: Constructive Journalism: Precedents, Principles and Practices, by Peter Bro→

Journalism &Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The quality of information consumed by citizens remains a crucial aspect of a working democracy. In recent years, fact-checking has emerged as an important safeguard against the spread of fa… Continue reading Fact-Checking: Journalistic Strategies and Audience Outcomes in Diverse National Contexts→

Journalism &Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Given the importance of both family and partisanship in identity formation, these two may be at odds for those in cross-partisan families. Within these households, exposure to cross-partisan… Continue reading The (Political) Show Must Go On: The Effects of Political Media and Family Relationships on Affective Polarization→

Journalism &Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Previous studies have identified various individual factors explaining news avoidance, but the understanding of how these factors function within the broader political information environmen… Continue reading Examining Active News Avoidance Across Countries: A Multilevel Moderation Analysis of News Interests, News Trust, and Press Freedom→