BIASED NEWS OR BIASED PUBLIC? An examination of audiences' perceived news bias in an authoritarian press system

被引：8

作者：

Chia, Stella C. ^{[1
]}

Cenite, Mark ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Media & Commun, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Sch Commun, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[3] Wee Kim Wee Sch Commun & Informat, Singapore, Singapore

来源：

JOURNALISM STUDIES | 2012年 / 13卷 / 01期

关键词：

authoritarian press system; hostile media effect; journalism; news bias; HOSTILE MEDIA PHENOMENON; ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS; INVOLVEMENT; OPINION; SINGAPORE; ATTITUDE; ASSIMILATION; ATTRIBUTION; PERCEPTIONS; PERSUASION;

D O I：

10.1080/1461670X.2011.601957

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

This study investigated the causes of individuals' perceived news bias in an authoritarian press system-Singapore. We proposed two explanations for individuals' perception of news article slant: the judgment-heuristic explanation and the attitude-influenced explanation. The judgment-heuristic explanation suggests that people's perception of media characteristics, rather than the actual news content, would affect their judgment of news bias. The attitude-influenced explanation, on the other hand, suggests that people's issue involvement and attitudes towards the issue may influence how they process news information and ultimately affect their evaluation of news article slant. Both explanations received support in this study. We also found that media source, audiences' personal opinion, and their issue involvement would interact and produce joint effects on audiences' judgment of news article slant.

引用

页码：124 / 140

页数：17

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