Perceptions of Media Trust and Credibility Among Mormon College Students

Evaluation of media credibility and trust among Mormons is examined in this study. The results suggest low assessments of the credibility of the mainstream news media across several dimensions. Participating Mormons viewed the news media as liberal and politically biased; they did not agree that the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of media and religion
VerfasserInnen: Golan, Guy J. (VerfasserIn) ; Baker, Sherry (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2012]
In: Journal of media and religion
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Zusammenfassung:Evaluation of media credibility and trust among Mormons is examined in this study. The results suggest low assessments of the credibility of the mainstream news media across several dimensions. Participating Mormons viewed the news media as liberal and politically biased; they did not agree that the news media were credible, trustworthy, got their facts straight or were moral.
ISSN:1534-8415
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15348423.2012.655112