TY - JOUR
T1 - Conferring Resistance to Digital Disinformation
T2 - The Inoculating Influence of Procedural News Knowledge
AU - Amazeen, Michelle A.
AU - Bucy, Erik P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Broadcast Education Association.
PY - 2019/7/3
Y1 - 2019/7/3
N2 - Despite the pervasiveness of digital disinformation in society, little is known about the individual characteristics that make some users more susceptible to erroneous information uptake than others, effectively dividing the media audience into prone and resistant groups. This study identifies and tests procedural news knowledge as a consequential civic resource with the capacity to inoculate audiences from disinformation and close this “resistance gap.” Engaging the persuasion knowledge model, the study utilizes data from two national surveys to demonstrate that possessing working knowledge of how the news media operate aids in the identification and effects of fabricated news and native advertising.
AB - Despite the pervasiveness of digital disinformation in society, little is known about the individual characteristics that make some users more susceptible to erroneous information uptake than others, effectively dividing the media audience into prone and resistant groups. This study identifies and tests procedural news knowledge as a consequential civic resource with the capacity to inoculate audiences from disinformation and close this “resistance gap.” Engaging the persuasion knowledge model, the study utilizes data from two national surveys to demonstrate that possessing working knowledge of how the news media operate aids in the identification and effects of fabricated news and native advertising.
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U2 - 10.1080/08838151.2019.1653101
DO - 10.1080/08838151.2019.1653101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073190133
SN - 0883-8151
VL - 63
SP - 415
EP - 432
JO - Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
JF - Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
IS - 3
ER -