News Credibility and Media Literacy in the Digital Age

Stephanie Jean Tsang

doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7291-7.ch031

News Credibility and Media Literacy in the Digital Age

Stephanie Jean Tsang^*

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Department of Journalism

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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
Title of host publication	Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation
Editors	Information Resources Management Association
Publisher	IGI Global
Chapter	31
Pages	544-564
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781799872924
ISBN (Print)	9781799872917
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7291-7.ch031
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020

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