Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries

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Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries. / Hameleers, Michael; Brosius, Anna; Marquart, Franziska; Goldberg, Andreas C.; van Elsas, Erika; de Vreese, Claes H.

In: Communication Research, Vol. 49, No. 7, 2022, p. 919-941.

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Harvard

Hameleers, M, Brosius, A, Marquart, F, Goldberg, AC, van Elsas, E & de Vreese, CH 2022, 'Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries', Communication Research, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 919-941. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650221997719

APA

Hameleers, M., Brosius, A., Marquart, F., Goldberg, A. C., van Elsas, E., & de Vreese, C. H. (2022). Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries. Communication Research, 49(7), 919-941. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650221997719

Vancouver

Hameleers M, Brosius A, Marquart F, Goldberg AC, van Elsas E, de Vreese CH. Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries. Communication Research. 2022;49(7):919-941. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650221997719

Author

Hameleers, Michael ; Brosius, Anna ; Marquart, Franziska ; Goldberg, Andreas C. ; van Elsas, Erika ; de Vreese, Claes H. / Mistake or Manipulation? Conceptualizing Perceived Mis- and Disinformation among News Consumers in 10 European Countries. In: Communication Research. 2022 ; Vol. 49, No. 7. pp. 919-941.

Bibtex

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abstract = "In the midst of heated debates surrounding the veracity and honesty of communication, scholarly attention has turned to the conceptualization of mis- and disinformation on the supply-side of (political) communication. Yet, we lack systematic research on the conceptualization of perceived mis- and disinformation on the demand-side. Original survey data collected in ten European countries (N = 6,643) shows that news consumers distinguish general misinformation from disinformation. Yet, the high correlation between the two dimensions indicates that disinformation perceptions may be regarded as a sub-type of misinformation perceptions in which intentional deception is a core element. This paper aims to make a contribution to the misinformation and media credibility literature by proposing a first conceptualization of perceived untruthfulness corresponding to increasing levels of cynicism and skepticism toward the factual status and honesty of information.",
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author = "Michael Hameleers and Anna Brosius and Franziska Marquart and Goldberg, {Andreas C.} and {van Elsas}, Erika and {de Vreese}, {Claes H.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research is funded by a grant from the European Research Council (ERC), grant number 647316. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",
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