College Student’s Distrust in Hard News and Exposure to Fake News During the COVID-19 Pandemic Chrysalis L. WRIGHT, Kwame GATLIN, Renee RIVERA Abstract: This study was an experimental design that examined the effects of hard news and fake news related to the COVID-19 pandemic on participants levels of COVID-19 related knowledge, attitudes, anxiety, and intent to engage in protective measures to prevent the spread of the virus. We also examined sociodemograp... Read More Keywords: Fake news; Hard news; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Distrust in media |
Fact-checking Public Claims in Romania. A Case Study on Factual.ro Iuliana CĂLIN Abstract: This paper addresses the errors of the Romanian public communication in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-December 2020), classified as disinformation by fact-checking website Factual.ro. The focus is on public claims made on the Facebook platform by political representatives through their pers... Read More Keywords: Disinformation; Fact-checking; Communication; Facebook; Factual.ro |
Bogdan PODAR, Andreea VOINA Abstract: Crises are special instances in which leadership figures test their public communication skills. The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of these scenarios, in which responsible institutions are required to manage a communication process that provides information and builds trust amongst the public. To assess ... Read More Keywords: Crisis communication; Political discourse; COVID-19, Political leadership; Health officials |
István KÓSA, Blanka BALINT Abstract: In a quasi-experiment, high-school students’ (N=252) chronic regulatory focus, self-esteem, and mood were taken into account to predict patterns of selective exposure to headlines about the rich and poor. Partly consistent with Gerber et al. (2017) meta-analysis, there is a strong preference ... Read More Keywords: Selective exposure; Social comparison; Regulatory focus; Selfesteem; Socioeconomic status; Experimental design |
Measuring Video Game Dedication: The Development and Validation of Casual Hardcore Assortment Scale Cosmin GHEȚĂU Abstract: Gaming literature has noticed for a long-time the existence of two distinct types of video game players. In the current paper, we are proposing a scale that aims to differentiate gamers between two types: hardcore and casual. Casual players invest limited time and resources in video games and are not taking... Read More Keywords: Measuring gaming style; Quantitative study; CHG scale; Hardcore gamer |
Pragmatic Function of Twitter Handlers’ Perspectives on Children Discourse in Nigeria Ezekiel Opeyemi OLAJIMBITI Abstract: This paper investigates the pragmatic expression of attitudes by Twitter users in children related discourse in Nigeria. Data comprised 80 children-centered Nigerian-tweets, involving individuals and bodies, were screenshots from Twitter between July-August, 2019. These were analyzed through aspects of appr... Read More Keywords: Appraisal theory; Twitter; Nigerian children; Socio-cultural experiences |
E.coli Outbreak, Romania and Crisis Communication: A Case Study on the Brădet Dairy Products Ioan MICLEA Abstract: The E.coli outbreak in Romania and the crisis of the babies’ illness in Romania has evolved between February 4 and April 12, 2016. Throughout this period, the media emphasized the crisis by putting pressure on Romanian institutions to find out the cause of these mass diseases (Cioacă, Briciu, 2017, 3... Read More Keywords: Crisis communication; Product recall; IDEA Model; E.coli outbreak |
Book Review: Alison Harvey. Feminist media studies. Medford, MA: Polity Press, 2019 Andreea VOINA Keywords: Alison Harvey; Feminist media studies; Polity Press 2019 |
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