Disinformation and media trust in the south of Europe. A moderated mediation model

  1. Sierra, Aurken
  2. Novoa Jaso, María Fernanda
  3. Serrano-Puche, Javier
Journal:
Index.comunicación: Revista científica en el ámbito de la Comunicación Aplicada

ISSN: 2174-1859

Year of publication: 2024

Issue Title: Disinformation and media trust

Volume: 14

Issue: 2

Pages: 109-135

Type: Article

DOI: 10.62008/IXC/14/02DESINF SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85199987530 WoS: WOS:001273878000005 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Nuestro estudio explora cómo el tipo de fuente de noticias actúa como factor mediador en la relación entre la preocupación de las personas por la desinformación y su confianza general en los medios de comunicación. Además, examinamos cómo la ideología de una persona influye en su elección de fuentes de noticias y, en última instancia, en su confianza en las noticias en general. Para ello, examinamos los datos del Digital News Report 2022 (N= 10.106) para cinco mercados de noticias: Francia (N= 2059), Grecia (N= 2004), Italia (N= 2004), Portugal (N= 2011) y España (N= 2028). Los resultados confirman que la ideología desempeña un papel moderador en las relaciones entre «preocupación por la desinformación», «confianza en los medios» y «tipo de fuente mediática» Una mayor preocupación por la desinformación disminuye significativamente la confianza en las noticias. Además, los individuos altamente preocupados por la desinformación tienden a aumentar su consumo de medios de comunicación tradicionales. Esta investigación presenta un modelo moderado que explica cómo interactúan estos diversos factores para conformar la confianza en los medios de comunicación.

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