APPsolutely trustworthy? Perceptions of trust and bias in mobile apps.
Almost all news media, political organizations and candidates now have a dedicated app that provides superior visibility and readability on a mobile device than a website. Mobile apps figure predominately in news consumers' lives, making it crucial to understand if users view app information as trus...
| Published in: | Atlantic Journal of Communication Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 257 - 272 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep-Oct2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=145471592&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 145471592 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15456870 U8J jtl: Atlantic Journal of Communication issn: 15456870 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Sep-Oct2020 vid: 28 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 145471592 10.1080/15456870.2020.1720023 ppf: 257 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1MB tig: atl: APPsolutely trustworthy? Perceptions of trust and bias in mobile apps. aug: au: Kaye, Barbara K. Johnson, Thomas J. affil: School of Journalism & Electronic Media, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA School of Journalism, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas, USA su: Fox News Mobile apps Electronic newspapers Social media Radio talk programs Television broadcasting of news Press Sensory perception sug: subj: Fox News Mobile apps Electronic newspapers Social media Radio talk programs Television broadcasting of news Press Sensory perception ab: Almost all news media, political organizations and candidates now have a dedicated app that provides superior visibility and readability on a mobile device than a website. Mobile apps figure predominately in news consumers' lives, making it crucial to understand if users view app information as trustworthy and biased. With the proliferation of apps on tablets and smartphones, perceptions of app trustworthiness and bias are important to study, especially in times of flagging media trust and use. Comparisons of perceptions of trustworthiness show that apps are significantly more trusted than social media (political blogs, Facebook, Twitter, video sites, and social news sites), but significantly below broadcast and cable television news (Fox News, CNN, MSNBC), print media (newspapers, news magazines), and talk and news radio. Trust in apps is also significantly predicted by reliance on apps. Mobile apps are also deemed significantly less biased than social media, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and talk radio. Further, perceptual bias of political blogs and talk radio negatively predict trust in apps, but bias in CNN, newspapers, news magazines, and news radio is associated with high trust in apps. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Atlantic Journal of Communication is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Atlantic Journal of Communication holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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