Forgiving the News: The Effects of Error Corrections on News Users’ Reactions and the Influence of Individual Characteristics and Perceptions

Henke, Jakob; Holtrup, Stefanie; Möhring, Wiebke

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2022.2044889

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“…Subsequently, media cynicism is related to negative generalized judgments about the manipulation of public opinion as well as about biased and incorrect news reporting. Empirically, this is partially supported by Henke et al (2022) who showed that more media cynical users were less able to understand and forgive errors in the news. Therefore, we assume: H4: Media cynicism decreases trust in the news media in general.…”

Section: Individual Factors Related To Media Trustmentioning

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The Reciprocal Effects of Perceived Accuracy and Trust in News Media: A Two-Wave Online Panel Study in the Context of the 2021 German Federal Election

Holtrup,

Henke,

Steffan

et al. 2023

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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Trust in the news media is an important prerequisite for democracies. Building on media trust and accuracy research, we investigate reciprocal effects between perceived accuracy and trust in news. We implemented a two-wave online panel survey ( N = 952) in the context of the 2021 German federal election. For media individuals' use, we find that trust and accuracy are reciprocally related and are influenced by media use. For the media in general, only trust has an effect on accuracy, whereas media skepticism and cynicism are only associated with trust, not with accuracy. Further results and their implications are discussed.

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confidence: 86%