News Credibility on Facebook: The Role of Media and Intermediary Trust and Their Interplay

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作者：
Slavik, Lukas [1 ,2 ]
Lacko, David [1 ,3 ]
Macek, Jakub [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] MACEK Masaryk Univ, Brno, Czech Republic
[2] Fac Social Studies, Dept Media Studies & Journalism, Brno, Czech Republic
[3] Fac Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Res Team Internet & Soc, Brno, Czech Republic
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 2025年 / 19卷
关键词：
news credibility; media trust; interpersonal trust; Facebook; experiment; ANCOVA; SOCIAL MEDIA; ONLINE NEWS; FIT INDEXES; INFORMATION; RECOMMENDATIONS; PERCEPTIONS; VALIDATION; SYSTEM; ME;
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G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号：
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要：
On social network sites, news media have lost their dominance as news sources, as individual actors (family members, friends) play the role of news intermediaries. Since determining a news source and its trustworthiness is central to attributing news credibility, the distinction between institutional and individual news sources is crucial for audience members. Current research offers only partial and conflicting conclusions about the influence of source trust on news credibility. This experimental study (N = 702 2 x 3 between-subjects design) uses a customized environment simulating a Facebook Timeline to examine whether and how institutional trust in news media and interpersonal trust in news intermediaries contribute to news credibility. Using two-way analysis of covariance and two one-sided t-tests, we found only a small effect of media trust, while interpersonal trust and its combination with news media trust showed no effect. We discuss the implications of news consumption mechanisms on social network sites and their impact on informedness.
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