Quality of higher education in the Chinese context

Zou, Yihuan

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“…Thus, future research should probe the issue of skepticism with more comprehensive and issue-specific measures. Thirdly, the participants in our samples were disproportionately represented by individuals with above-average education and income levels (Zou, 2022), potentially constraining the applicability of our findings to populations with more varied backgrounds. Since individuals with a higher socioeconomic status (e.g.…”

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There's more to news media skepticism: a path analysis examining news media literacy, news media skepticism and misinformation behaviors

Xiao,

Yang

2023

OIR

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PurposeWhile much research has examined the effect of media literacy in combatting misinformation, whether and to what extent news media literacy influences misinformation-related behaviors (i.e. misinformation sharing, misinformation correction) and the mediating effect of news media skepticism in the process remain less explored. Moreover, this line of research has extensively focused on a polarized information context (e.g. the USA) with less attention to a context where news information is more regulated and centralized. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned objective.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a survey study of 720 Chinese adults.FindingsThis study reveals that greater new media literacy predicts higher misinformation correction behaviors, but fails to predict caution in sharing misinformation. Findings further demonstrate a nuanced mediating effect of news media skepticism that challenges previous assertions about its protective role. That is, higher news media literacy is associated with lower news media skepticism; lower skepticism is in turn related to lower misinformation sharing and greater misinformation correction.Originality/valueThe current study integrates news media literacy and news media skepticism in understanding misinformation-related behaviors. Findings generally speak to the tangible benefits of news media literacy in helping motivate corrective actions among the general public. However, this study also strikes a cautious note that future investigations of news media skepticism would benefit from a cultural perspective. Its connections with perceptions and effects on behaviors could vary according to different types of media and political landscapes.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2023-0172

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