TY - JOUR
T1 - News credibility revisited
T2 - the roles of news comment engagement and news literacy on news portal credibility in South Korea
AU - Chung, Deborah S.
AU - Jeong, Hyun Ju
AU - Lee, Sangwon
AU - Nah, Seungahn
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Through a nationwide survey in South Korea, this study examines the relationship between different news comment engagement (reading, liking, and posting) and perceptions on the credibility of news portals, paying particular attention to the potential moderating role of news literacy. The results indicate a positive relationship between media use and portal news credibility. Further, reading comments and liking comments on portal sites was not associated with perceived news credibility, but posting comments yielded a strong association with perceived news credibility. There were no significant results related to the association between news literacy and news credibility assessments on news portal sites. However, findings point to the moderating role of news literacy between news comment engagement on portal sites and news portal credibility in which these associations were found to vary. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Through a nationwide survey in South Korea, this study examines the relationship between different news comment engagement (reading, liking, and posting) and perceptions on the credibility of news portals, paying particular attention to the potential moderating role of news literacy. The results indicate a positive relationship between media use and portal news credibility. Further, reading comments and liking comments on portal sites was not associated with perceived news credibility, but posting comments yielded a strong association with perceived news credibility. There were no significant results related to the association between news literacy and news credibility assessments on news portal sites. However, findings point to the moderating role of news literacy between news comment engagement on portal sites and news portal credibility in which these associations were found to vary. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
KW - News portals
KW - news comment engagement (NCE)
KW - news literacy
KW - news portal credibility
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U2 - 10.1080/01292986.2022.2049832
DO - 10.1080/01292986.2022.2049832
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126540969
SN - 0129-2986
VL - 32
SP - 371
EP - 391
JO - Asian Journal of Communication
JF - Asian Journal of Communication
IS - 4
ER -