Abstract
With the hostile media phenomenon as an overarching framework, this chapter discusses how challenging it can be for media literacy education to successfully combat motivated reasoning in which individuals are likely to be hostile when exposed to news content that is incongruent with their personal point of view. Such discussion is vital in times when news audiences are cynical and skeptical towards both politicians and media agencies. Given the importance of understanding and studying individuals' perceptions of news biases and assessments of news credibility, this chapter makes a case for establishing more objective standards for journalistic work to overcome the challenges brought about by the rise of fake news in the digital era.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines |
| Editors | Melda N. Yildiz, Minaz Fazal, Meesuk Ahn, Robert Feirsen, Sebnem Ozdemir |
| Publisher | IGI Global |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Pages | 135-155 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781522592631, 9781522592624 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781522592617 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2019 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Arts and Humanities
User-Defined Keywords
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Appraisal Theories of Emotion
- Automaticity
- Motivated Reasoning
- News Credibility
- Fake News
- Hostile Media Perception