News Quality and Public Opinion: The Impact of Deliberative Quality of News Media on Citizens' Argument Repertoire

Autor(en)

Richard Van Der Wurff, Knut De Swert, Sophie Lecheler

Abstrakt

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(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Journal

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Band

30

Seiten

233-256

Anzahl der Seiten

24

ISSN

0954-2892

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edw024

Publikationsdatum

08-2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

508020 Politische Kommunikation

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Sociology and Political Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/news-quality-and-public-opinion-the-impact-of-deliberative-quality-of-news-media-on-citizens-argument-repertoire(b93e6840-78a1-4030-8524-4d40aab67d3e).html