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| In: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 76, 1999, 2, p. 373-386 |
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SAGE Publications
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 373-386 |
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| ISSN: |
1077-6990
2161-430X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/107769909907600213 |
| published in: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> This study investigates the factor structure underlying receivers' perceptions of news content. Exploratory analyses of readers' ratings of a wide variety of news stories reveals that receivers implicitly use at least four key variables in their perception of printed and online news stimuli. This article explicates the four criteria used by news receivers—Credibility, Liking, Quality, and Representativeness—and offers measures for future empirical research on news perception. </jats:p> |