Abstract
This study explored the effects of objectivity and transparency on perceived news credibility and newsworthiness. Some journalism scholars and practitioners have argued that transparency is replacing objectivity, which has been a dominant standard in traditional journalism. An online experiment (n=222) found that objective articles were rated more credible and more newsworthy than opinionated articles, while non-transparent articles were rated more credible than transparent articles.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 32-45 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Newspaper Research Journal |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 1 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017, © 2017 NOND of AEJMC.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Communication
Keywords
- blog
- credibility
- experiment
- journalistic norms
- newsworthiness
- objectivity
- online news
- opinionated news and transparency