Sherlock-wannabes or when the audience fact-checks. How ideology, education, and alternative media use explain fact-checking behaviors

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dc.contributor.authorSaldaña Villa, Magdalena Carolina
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Marcelo
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:01:47Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:01:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWhen confronted with suspicious information, the most common advice is to rely on trusted, well-known news media outlets to verify it. However, in a high-choice, fragmented media ecosystem, news readers might easily find a source that confirms what they previously thought about an issue, or debunks reports that challenge their values and beliefs. As such, alternative news outlets might be a feasible venue for citizens to confront cross-cutting information. At the same time, avoiding contrary information or actively seeking different points of view depends on personal characteristics, such as ideology or education. Drawing upon research on selective exposure and confirmation bias, this study observes how alternative news media use, together with people’s education and political ideology, affect citizens’ fact-checking behaviors when encountering challenging information. Results from a two-wave panel study conducted in Chile suggest that ideology plays a role only for the highly educated, who rely on alternative media to fact-check the most when they are closer to the left side of the political spectrum.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-12-26
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.5209/esmp.88097
dc.identifier.eissn1988-2696
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.88097
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/75564
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Comunicaciones ; Saldaña Villa, Magdalena Carolina ; 0000-0002-1218-0091 ; 1061637
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.pagina.final805
dc.pagina.inicio795
dc.revistaEstudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectfact-checking
dc.subjectalternative news media
dc.subjectconfirmation bias
dc.subjectsurvey research
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.titleSherlock-wannabes or when the audience fact-checks. How ideology, education, and alternative media use explain fact-checking behaviors
dc.title.alternativeCuando la audiencia verifica. Efectos de la ideología, educación y medios alternativos en comportamientos de verificación en Chile
dc.typeartículo
sipa.codpersvinculados1061637
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2023-12-18
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