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://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/b93e6840-78a1-4030-8524-4d40aab67d3e