News Quality and Public Opinion: The Impact of Deliberative Quality of News Media on Citizens' Argument Repertoire
- Author(s)
- Richard Van Der Wurff, Knut De Swert, Sophie Lecheler
- Abstract
This article investigates the impact of the deliberative quality of online news items on argument repertoire. Participants in an online experiment (N = 557) read a news item that covers a local debate on underground CO2 storage. Two dimensions of deliberative quality are manipulated: justification, or the extent to which arguments in the news item are substantiated, and constructive debate climate, that is, the extent to which stakeholders are reported to work together toward a solution. The findings suggest that public opinion quality would be higher, if news media would better meet deliberative standards.
- Organisation(s)
- External organisation(s)
- University of Amsterdam (UvA)
- Journal
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research
- Volume
- 30
- Pages
- 233-256
- No. of pages
- 24
- ISSN
- 0954-2892
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edw024
- Publication date
- 08-2016
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 508020 Political communication
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/news-quality-and-public-opinion-the-impact-of-deliberative-quality-of-news-media-on-citizens-argument-repertoire(b93e6840-78a1-4030-8524-4d40aab67d3e).html