Credibility Perceptions of News Coverage of Ethnic Groups: The Predictive Roles of Race and News Use

News Selection Patterns as a Function of Race: The Discerning Minority and the Indiscriminating Majority

“…Indeed, research suggests that race of the source makes no difference for White viewers' responses to media content (Appiah, 2002(Appiah, , 2003Bush, Hair, & Solomon, 1979;Schlinger & Plummer, 1972;Whittler, 1989), whereas studies examining Blacks show a marked difference. Studies using distinctiveness theory specifically demonstrate news media responses vary by race (Beaudoin & Thorson, 2005 and that racially oriented media are most effective in contexts in which the target group is a numeric minority (Aaker, Brumbaugh, & Grier, 2000; Downloaded by [University of Auckland Library] at 14:58 13 October 2014 1999; Grier & Deshpande, 2001). For example, Beaudoin and Thorson (2005) demonstrated that being Black played a stronger role than being White in predicting credibility of news coverage of Blacks and Whites.…”

“…Studies using distinctiveness theory specifically demonstrate news media responses vary by race (Beaudoin & Thorson, 2005 and that racially oriented media are most effective in contexts in which the target group is a numeric minority (Aaker, Brumbaugh, & Grier, 2000; Downloaded by [University of Auckland Library] at 14:58 13 October 2014 1999; Grier & Deshpande, 2001). For example, Beaudoin and Thorson (2005) demonstrated that being Black played a stronger role than being White in predicting credibility of news coverage of Blacks and Whites. However, such findings are somewhat in contrast to ample research showing that Whites respond in line with negative racial stereotypes when exposed to negative portrayals of minority members in the news (e.g., Oliver & Fonash, 2002).…”

Trust in Chinese state media: The influence of education, Internet, and government

“…For example, Westley and Severin (1964) conducted one of the first comprehensive analyses of channel credibility across media outlets, and noted that certain demographic variables (e.g., age, education, and gender) mediated people's perceptions of channel credibility, a finding echoed by recent studies (e.g., Gunther 1992;Bucy 2003). Other recently investigated variables include income (Ibelema & Powell 2001), race (Beaudoin & Thorson 2005), political ideology (Lee 2010) Regarding the impact of media exposure on trust, literature shows intriguingly contradictory results. Some research has suggested that media exposure and trust in the media are positively related (Wanta & Hu 1994;Tsfati & Cappella 2005;Tsfati & Peri 2006).…”

Effects of Race and Ethnic Identity on Audience Evaluation of HIV Public Service Announcements

“…Using this theoretical framework, Basil (1996) found that identification with Magic Johnson was significantly associated with participants' personal concern and intention to change high-risk sexual behaviors. In the case of source race, the identification process occurs when audience members assess their level of similarity with the source based on the perceived physical and=or speech characteristics of the source (e.g., Arpan, 2002;Beaudoin & Thorson, 2005). A number of studies regarding the use of racially similar sources have found that African American audiences responded to sources or messages more favorably when Black sources were used than when sources of other races were used (e.g., Appiah, 2001bAppiah, , 2002Whittler, 1990;Williams, Qualls, & Grier, 1995;also see Whittler, 1991, for a review).…”